Photo Credit: Kendrick Lamar – Not Like UnitedStates
Kendrick Lamar’s extremely preparedfor ‘Not Like UnitedStates’ music video patterns towards 20 million YouTube views in 24 hours. But that number is really far lower than fans may haveactually anticipated.
Yesterday, on July 4, Kendrick Lamar dropped the extremely expected music video for his smash strike Drake diss track, “Not Like UnitedStates,” which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot100 Co-directed by Lamar and Dave Free, the music video functions DJ Mustard, DeMar DeRozan, Tommy the Clown, Lamar’s partner Whitney Alford, and their 2 kids.
The video generated 1.5 million views on YouTube an hour after its release, and now patterns towards 20 million in its veryfirst 24 hours. Its numbers haveactually been the subject of event amongst fans online, with numerous tweets and posts roasting Drake and mentioning how Lamar “cooked” the Toronto rapartist.
Meanwhile, some Drake fans are declaring that lotsof of those numbers are phony, declaring bots assisted push “Not Like UnitedStates” over the 1.5 million mark in that veryfirst hour. But while it’s difficult to entirely guideline out bot participation, that accusation appears entirely ludicrous when you compare Lamar’s numbers to those of the record holders for the all-time most views in 24 hours.