Lauen London
The marathon continues. After Kendrick Lamar surprised fans with his face-morphing visual for “The Heart Part 5,” Lauren London went to Instagram and praised the rapper for referencing her late longtime partner Nipsey Hussle. Using deep fake technology, Lamar’s face also morphs into Will Smith, Jussie Smollett, OJ Simpson, Kanye West, and Kobe Bryant in the visual.
On London’s Instagram story, she shared the clip adding the caption “Powerful art.”
Lamar heavily references Hussle in the third and final verse of the track, as if he’s speaking from the late rapper’s perspective.
“I wake up that morning with more heart to give you,” Kendrick raps on “The Heart Part 5.” “As I bleed through the speakers, feel my presence. To my brother, to my kids, I’m in Heaven. To my mother, to my sis, I’m in Heaven. To my father, to my wife, I am serious, this is Heaven. To my friends, make sure you countin’ them blessings. To my fans, make sure you make them investments.”
“My curiosity about who he really was started to grow from that moment in time. Was he a product of Crenshaw and Slauson? Was he a radical? Or was he a thinker? That mystique kept me engaged throughout his life and career,” Lamar wrote about Hussle. “Time surely revealed itself. I realized Nipsey was all of those perspectives. But most importantly, he was a vessel from God.”
Lamar’s new album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers releases Friday, May 13th.
