Kendrick Lamar performs at Louis Vuitton’s SS23 fashion show.
Following the release of his new album “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers“, Kendrick Lamar didn’t appear in any interview or on tv to perform the songs as part of the promo run. But now the rapper made an appearance at Louis Vuitton’s SS23 fashion show in Paris, where he paid tribute to late designer Virgil Abloh.
Following a lengthy orchestral introduction, Kendrick casually rapped the Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers hit “Savior.” He followed it up with equally easy renditions of “Rich Spirit” and “Count Me Up,” which he then finished out with an outro in which he paid respect to the late Abloh, who was the fashion house’s artistic director until his death last year.
“Virgil, Long Live,” Kendrick repeatedly said before turning the tribute into a performance. The rapper then performed his song called “N95“, which also received a video treatment with the album.
Kendrick Lamar paid tribute to Virgil Abloh during his performance at Louis Vuitton’s SS23 fashion show in Paris pic.twitter.com/ACJX6uLaQI
— XXL Magazine (@XXL) June 23, 2022
Kendrick Lamar performing “N95” during Louis Vuitton’s SS23 fashion show in Paris pic.twitter.com/LkHw3LJFCd
— XXL Magazine (@XXL) June 23, 2022
kendrick performed tracks off ‘mr. morale & the big steppers’ and paid homage to virgil at the louis vuitton SS23 show today in paris
very ready for this tour 😭pic.twitter.com/KuqT37xqDX
— Genius (@Genius) June 23, 2022
The Compton rapper’s new album, a follow up to 2017’s Pulitzer-winning effort “DAMN”, debuted atop of Billboard 200 with 295,500 equivalent units in the first week. The project was a double-disc album, with 9 tracks on each side, with guest appearances from Kodak Black, Baby Keem, Blxst, Summer Walker, Ghostface Killah and more.
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