Kendrick Lamar Hops on New Remix of Beyoncé’s ‘America Has a Problem’ – Rolling Stone

Kendrick Lamar and Beyoncé reunite for the primary time in seven years on the shock new remix for Renaissance’s “America Has a Drawback,” which arrived with no warning late Friday.

In his first new verse in over a yr, Lamar bounces from horoscopes and sudoku to CGI and AI (“Even AI gotta apply clonin’ Kendrick,” he boasts of his inimitable expertise).

“Say B, sure, America received an issue / Geeked up, choosin’ love, or they selected violence,” Lamar raps in his opening verse. ““I’m an honorary Beyhive / Let’s see why them diamonds don’t be fly / All of them CGI.”

It’s unclear what followers did to deserve the “America Has a Drawback (Remix),” however the tune has been surging on social media for the reason that launch of Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour, the place the observe is among the many live performance’s many highlights.

The remix marks Lamar’s first look for the reason that launch of Mr. Morale & The Massive Steppers in Might 2022, and the rapper’s first collaboration with Beyoncé since their Lemonade team-up “Freedom” in 2016, which the duo additionally carried out on the 2016 BET Awards and the New Jersey cease of Beyoncé’s Formation Tour.

“She’s a perfectionist,” Lamar beforehand instructed Rolling Stone in 2017. “Take into consideration the BET efficiency. She was very explicit – the lighting, the digital camera blocking, the transition from the music to the dancing. It was affirmation of one thing I already knew.”