Bop Shop: Songs From Kendrick Lamar, B.I, My Chemical Romance, And More

On the point out of vehicular escape, Kendrick Lamar’s face morphs into O.J. Simpson’s. When he raps, “Mates bipolar, seize you by your pockets,” he turns into Kanye West. After which Jussie Smollett, Will Smith, Kobe Bryant, and at last, his departed buddy Nipsey Hussle. Between these, within the show-stopping one-shot video for “The Coronary heart Half 5,” Kendrick reverts again to his unique face to maintain rhyming. It is a startling spectacle, and it takes repeated viewings to catch each nuance. However nothing is stronger than when he takes on Hussle’s visage, then as soon as once more his personal, to state plainly: “To the killer that sped up my demise, I forgive you / Simply know your soul’s in query.” —Patrick Hosken