Lil Wayne Claps Back at Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Wacced Out Murals’ Lyric: ‘I Shall Destroy If Disturbed’
Kendrick Lamar’s latest song appears to have ruffled feathers with a pointed reference to Lil Wayne’s public disappointment over the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show lineup.
On Friday (Nov. 22), Kendrick Lamar surprised fans with the release of his sixth studio album, GNX. Among the project’s 12 tracks is the opener, “Wacced Out Murals,” where Lamar touches on Wayne’s frustration about being overlooked for the coveted halftime performance in his hometown of New Orleans.
“Used to bump Tha Carter III, I held my Rollie chain proud/ Irony, I think my hard work let Lil Wayne down,” Lamar raps, referencing Wayne’s emotional reaction to being passed over. The song goes on to address Lamar’s Super Bowl victory and his feelings about those who criticized him. “Won the Super Bowl and Nas the only one congratulate me/ All these n****s agitated, I’m just glad they showin’ they faces,” he adds.
Lil Wayne seemingly responded to the track early Saturday morning with a cryptic yet fiery post on X (formerly Twitter).
“Man wtf I do?!” he wrote. “I just be chillin & dey still kome 4 my head. Let’s not take kindness for weakness. Let this giant sleep. I beg u all. No one really wants destruction, not even me, but I shall destroy if disturbed. On me. Love.”
Wayne’s disappointment about the halftime show snub has been well-documented. In September, he openly discussed the emotional toll of being overlooked for the event, saying it was a bitter pill to swallow.
“That hurt. It hurt a lot. You know what I’m talking about. It hurt a whole lot,” Wayne shared in an interview. “I blame myself for not being mentally prepared for a letdown. And for automatically mentally putting myself in that position like somebody told me that was my position. So I blame myself for that. But I thought there was nothing better than that spot and that stage and that platform in my city, so it hurt. It hurt a whole lot.”
The rapper reiterated these feelings during his Lil WeezyAna Fest in New Orleans earlier this month, addressing the crowd with an emotional message.
“I told myself I wanted to be on that stage in front of my mom, and I worked my ass off for that position,” Wayne said. “It was ripped away from me, but this moment right here… they can’t take this away from me.”
With Kendrick’s lyrics now adding a new layer to the story, it seems the fallout from the Super Bowl snub is far from over. Whether the two artists will address the tension further remains to be seen.
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