Kendrick Lamar Shows Love to Lefty Gunplay and JasonMartin for New Album: ‘Y’all Did That’
Written by djfrosty on May 9, 2025
Kendrick Lamar gave Lefty Gunplay and JasonMartin their flowers after the release of their new album Can’t Get Right.
On Friday (May 9), Gunplay and the rapper formerly known as Problem released their joint LP Can’t Get Right. Both artists had appeared on K-Dot’s latest release GNX, with JasonMartin showing up on the title track while Gunplay appeared on the “Musstaaaard!” anthem “tv off.”
“Mission accomplished,” Martin wrote in a text to Kendrick according to a screenshot he shared to his Instagram. Immediately, it apepared, the DAMN rapper replied back and showered them in praise.
“Wow. N—a yall did that!!!” Lamar wrote. “I appreciate this too much dawg. The first album of a new artist from gnx. And it’s going up. I’m bout to thump it out here. I’m proud of lefty. And always love for u playing big roles behind them boards.”
“Thank you @kendricklamar,” JasonMartin wrote in his caption.
Can’t Get Right comes after Lefty Gunplay stacked up his 2024 with four mixtape releases, dropping Rookie of the Year, Famous Gangbanger, PreSeason and Most Valuable Gangbanger all within a few months of each other. Meanwhile, JasonMartin dropped two collab tapes last year — one with DJ Quik called Chupacabra and one with Mike & Keys called Repack. He also joined forces with Wiz Khalifa for the Kush & OJ 2 cut “Top Down.”
As for Kendrick, he’s deep into his ambitious Grand National Tour with SZA, which conquered Met Life Stadium in New York City on Thursday night (May 9). The duo will perform in East Rutherford, New Jersey again on Friday.
Check out the exchange between JasonMartin and K-Dot below.