Kendrick Lamar is rumored to have a guest feature on the upcoming Clipse album, Let God Sort Em Out.

The speculation stems from a TikToker by the name of Nigel Cooper, who made a video about Pusha T‘s feud with Jim Jones from 2023 and included the diss tracks that the pair exchanged.

One of the songs used in the video is the unreleased “Chains & Whips,” which was premiered by Clipse at a Louis Vuitton fashion show in 2023.

Cooper then claims that TikTok muted the audio in his video after UMG ordered a copyright strike against the clip, citing “Chains & Whips.”

The copyright order allegedly says that the song features Kendrick Lamar.

Neither Clipse nor Kendrick have yet commented on the rumors.

 

While it will be Kendrick’s first collaboration with Clipse as a duo, he previously appeared on “Nosetalgia” from Pusha T’s 2013 debut solo album My Name Is My Name.

King Push recently revealed that he and his brother Malice were waiting on just one feature to finish Let God Sort Em Out.

Appearing on the Ghetto Runways podcast last year, he said: “I’m so excited about this new Clipse album. That’s what I’m on right now. It’s absolutely finished. Just waiting on a feature. Just waiting on a feature, bro. Just one feature.”

Speaking to Ari Melber at Miami Art Week last month, Pusha said: “We always take long, people be mad. [But] it’s okay ’cause it’s done. I’m telling y’all, it’s done. I promose you. It’s in my phone.”

He also shared more details about the project, saying: “It’s been 15 years since we dropped an album. We’ve been at it since ’98/’99 but I think people are gonna witness greatness […] You will get to see how street Hip Hop matures.”

The Virginia native added: “This is a chemistry, this is a brotherhood. And when I say that, I mean Pharrell as well. He produced it from top to bottom.

“We’re very precious with this music, we’re very very meticulous about everything that we do when it comes to that.”

Let God Sort Em Out will serve as the long-awaited follow-up to 2009’s Til the Casket Drops and be released through Def Jam, Clipse’s first on the storied rap label.

The rapper shocked the judge.

A$AP Rocky has been quiet during his legal battle. The rapper has not said a word entering the court or a word during his trial. Barring some brief praise for his friend and blog rap peer Kendrick Lamar. A$AP has made sure to be careful when it comes to what he says. His facade dropped, however, during a shocking exchange on Friday. The rapper told a witness not to answer a question during an interrogation. It was a shocking moment on several front, and is generally considered a bad sign during a criminal trial.

The awkward moment was captured on film. A$AP Twelvy, a member of Rocky's A$AP Mob, was being asked what the meaning of a specific photo was. The rapper made it clear he wasn't sure what it meant, but in the midst of his answer, Rocky spoke out. Prosecution interrupted the line of questioning and then redirected the focus to A$AP Rocky's question. "Did you hear the defendant when asked question loudly say," he asked. "Do not answer it." Twelvy admits he heard something but claimed he wasn't sure what was said from Rocky's side of the courtroom.

A$AP Rocky's Outburst Caused A Recess

The prosecution suggested that A$AP Twelvy was being coy about his knowledge due to the fact that A$AP Rocky told him not give an answer. The rapper attempted to downplay Rocky's comment, saying he didn't even hear what was said. Prosecution doubled down, and attempted to get an answer out of the A$AP Mob member. The video account of the exchange is cut off when the judge decides to take a break from the interrogation.

Twelvy's controversial exchange is an unexpected development. The rapper appears to be on A$AP Rocky's side, and even testified that he did not open fire on A$AP Relli the way that Relli is claiming. Twelvy told the court that Rocky actually fired a starter pistol that he kept on him during the alleged encounter with Relli. "He walked around with a prop, like a starter pistol," Twelvy stated. "I seen it on several occasions." The rapper then claimed that the gun was clearly identified as fake before said confrontation went down. "He told him to shoot that fake-ass gun," Twelvy added.

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