For the latest in a list of collaborations, Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar have reconnected on the remix of her Renaissance single, “America Has a Problem.”
On Friday (5.19) the track dropped with Lamar’s minute-long opening verse as he raps, “My momma told me that the money outgrew you / My horoscope said I’m really out my noodle / I’m troublin’, I’m puzzlin’, it’s sudoku / Say B, yes, America got a problem / Kicked up, choosing love, well, they chose violence.”
Not the first time the superstar duo have aligned musical forces, Kendrick was previously featured on Bye’s “Freedom,” from her 2016 Billboard 200 chart-topping album Lemonade, and he also took the stage with Mrs Carter at the BET Awards that same year to perform the track. The Grammy Award-winning rapper also joined the Queen Bey during her closing Formation tour show at New Jersey’s Metlife Stadium.
During his 2017 Rolling Stone cover interview, Kendrick Lamar talked about working with Beyoncé, stating “How particular to be about your music.” “She’s a perfectionist. Think about the BET performance. She was very particular – the lighting, the camera blocking, the transition from the music to the dancing. It was confirmation of something I already knew.”
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Author: Saul Goode
Photo: Kim Metso