DEMAR'S DISS
NBA star who’s earned $258m takes on new career venture as he makes shock appearance in Kendrick Lamar music video
DeMar DeRozan's friendship with Drake is under question
NBA star DeMar DeRozan has made a shock cameo in Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us music video.
And the Chicago Bulls forward's brief appearance is seemingly the latest chapter in Lamar's bitter rivalry with fellow rapper Drake.
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DeRozan's three-second cameo comes while squatting in front of a storage container in the new diss track, which was released this week.
While on screen, Lamar sings the lyrics: “I’m glad DeRoz’ came home, y’all didn’t deserve him neither.”
He then gives Lamar a handshake before he walks and the video cuts away from him.
The lyric seems to applaud the fact that DeRozan left Drake's beloved Toronto Raptors in 2018.
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Drake and DeRozan were extremely close for an extended period while the NBA star played in Toronto.
The Canadian rapper referenced the former Raptors star in his song Lemon Pepper Freestyle in which he sings: "For real, and my city love me like DeMar DeRozan."
In 2018, DeRozan told ESPN he went to Drake's house following Toronto's decision to trade him for Kawhi Leonard.
“We sat and talked for a couple of hours,” DeRozan said.
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“Just to hear the words that come from him, being the person that he is in his world, especially in Toronto, and what I meant to the city, it was needed.”
But it now seems the native of Compton, California, has switched allegiances to Lamar.
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The NBA star also attended Lamar's The Pop Out: Ken & Friends concert in Inglewood, California, last month.
Many fans went wild over DeRozan's new career in the music business.
"This was a dope moment," one fan said.
"Drake is crying rn," another fan said.
"Kendrick had a mission and he stuck to it," a third noted.
The career move comes as DeRozan is searching for a home for the 2024-25 season.
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He is an unrestricted free agent following a spell with the Bulls.
DeRozan averaged 24 points, 5.3 assists and 4.3 rebounds in 79 games last season.
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The 34-year-old, who has made $258 million in his career, has been linked with a move to the Sacramento Kings.
The Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs have also been in the running for the veteran NBA star.