Kendrick Lamar has surprised fans in LA but popping up at Playboi Carti‘s concert to perform their track ‘Good Credit’ – check out footage of the performance below.
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The moment took place at Playboi Carti’s sold-out stop of the Antagonist Tour at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on October 14. Midway through the packed set, Playboi Carti dove into ‘Good Credit’, taken off his latest album ‘Music’, which arrived back in March.
After completing the opening verse, Kendrick Lamar popped up unannounced, sending the Los Angeles crowd into a frenzy – watch footage of the performance from several angles below.
Kendrick Lamar and Playboi Carti performing to a sold out crowd in LA
“you know what this is, the vamps and the boogies, we jugg through the party” 🧛🏿♀️🧟♂️ pic.twitter.com/fa5bJ3A2ew
— kendrick Lyrics (@WordFromKdot) October 15, 2025
“WIT US IN LA IS ONLY RIGHT RESPECT”
– Kendrick Lamar pops out for Playboi Carti’s Antagonist 2.0 Tour in LA 🔥 pic.twitter.com/QPK388O7Qb
— King Kendrick (@missprivelove) October 15, 2025
It marks just the second time that Playboi Carti and Kendrick Lamar have performed the track together. The first instance took place during Kendrick’s Grand National tour in Atlanta earlier this year.
A$AP Rocky also appeared onstage during Playboi Carti’s Los Angeles show, but did not perform and instead partied as Carti rapped ‘Long Time’.
PLAYBOI CARTI JUST BROUGHT OUT A$AP ROCKY 🥹 pic.twitter.com/kALbnXAw1H
— Lidesty (@Lidestywurld) October 15, 2025
Playboi Carti’s ‘Music’ scored a four-star review from NME, with Kyann-Sian Williams writing: “For nearly a decade, Carti’s been a step ahead, dragging rap into the future and leaving everyone else scrambling to catch up. From underground hero to untouchable force, Playboi Carti cements his spot as rap’s feral frontrunner.”
As for Kendrick Lamar, the rapper’s ‘Not Like Us’ has enjoyed yet another boost in streaming after Drake‘s defamation suit against Universal Music Group was dropped.
In a ruling published last Thursday (October 9), a federal judge ruled that the allegedly defamatory statements made in the hit song – among them that Drake was a “certified paedophile” (Drake has continually denied any wrongdoing) – qualified as “nonactionable opinion” and dismissed the suit.
That same day, a spokesperson for Drake told NME: “We intend to appeal today’s ruling, and we look forward to the Court of Appeals reviewing it.”
The legal battle kicked off last year, when the ‘Hotline Bling’ hitmaker filed a dispute against Universal Music Group (UMG) in New York, alleging that the publisher and label had “artificially inflated” streams for ‘Not Like Us’, among other allegations.
You can check out NME’s full run down of Kendrick and Drake’s longstanding beef here.
