Kendrick Lamar‘s best friend Lil L once pulled a gun on a teenage Tyler, The Creator.
In a resurfaced Instagram post dating back to 2021, Lil L, a Compton rapper closely associated with Kendrick, uploaded a number of pictures of himself in the studio with the Odd Future founder.
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JasonMartin (previously known as Problem) then reminded Lil L that he once pulled a gun on Tyler around a decade earlier.
In direct message screenshots between the pair, Martin said: “That’s the guy you pulled a gun out on on dern lol. He was a kid at the time. I mean it’s crazy because the kid ended up being Tyler, The Creator lol.”
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Lil L appeared to not recall that it was the same person and answered: “U serious? No way.”
The artist formerly known as Problem added: “At that time he was just a 14 year old kid I was doing a favor for […] Swear to God.”
Kendrick and Tyler haven’t publicly addressed the incident themselves and it was not revealed why Lil L pulled a gun on the future superstar.
Meanwhile, Tyler, The Creator recently showed love to Kendrick by dropping a remix of his GNX cut “Hey Now.”
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The Hawthorne native shared the track on Christmas Day in response to a fan who wrote to him on social media: “I want @tylerthecreator to freestyle on Hey Now so bad.”
Tyler responded by saying “Merry christmas. had fun with it” and posted a YouTube link to the remix which is titled “That Guy.”
The “Earfquake” rapper fittingly used the song to reference his surprise appearance at Lamar’s historic Pop Out concert earlier this year.
“Lil Bunny Hop out, you seen me at the Pop Out / Pandemonium screaming like they brought ‘Pac out / Stop it with the chitchat, we airing out the kickback / Big stud energy the way I get my lick back,” he rapped.
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Tyler also boasted about the success of his latest album Chromakopia: “300K in four days, Chromakopia / 12 days gold, I ain’t even drop deluxe one / Sold a million tickets first day for that new stage.”
The video for Tyler’s take on the track also featured appearances from his old Odd Future cohorts Jasper Dolphin, Travis “Taco” Bennett and Lionel “L-Boy” Boyce.
