After witnessing the historic rap beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake, the city of LA was excited for "Ken & Friends The Pop Out Show" on Juneteenth, at the Kia Forum in Inglewood. With tickets being hard to come by for this sold out show, many watched live on streaming platforms, but I was lucky enough to secure a resale nose-bleed. Generally on Juneteenth I document the festival at Leimert Park, but its postponement this year allowed me to my photographic attention to documenting the culture surrounding the show.

Despite my seat proximity, uncertainty about the camera policy, I was able to bring in two small 35mm cameras and some film to document.

Even better, the weekend after the iconic show (where Kendrick played Not Like Us 5 times in a row), there was buzz that the video for Not Like Us was set to shoot in Compton. I had personally made a mental bookmark to visit the Compton Civic Center as I wanted to document the Pillar landmark for another project I had been working on. Upon pulling up, I saw the production getting ready to shoot the last location for the Not Like Us video. Though I wasn’t able to get a shot of Kendrick this time, there was plenty of culture to document outside.