Tyler, the Creator has a new video: “That Guy” finds the Californian hip-hop artists rapping over the beat for Kendrick Lamar’s GNX cut “Hey Now.” The video, directed by Tyler, features three Odd Future alumni, Jasper Dolphin, Travis “Taco” Bennett, and Lionel “L-Boy” Boyce.
Tyler doesn’t often rap over new and popular beats, but his “That Guy” freestyle recalls 2016’s “What the F–k Right Now,” where he rapped over Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo cut “Freestyle 4.”
Fittingly, Tyler referenced his surprise performance at Lamar’s “The Pop Out — Ken and Friends” on Juneteenth: “Put that lil’ Maybach truck in the garage, huh/ Lil’ Bunny Hop out, you seen me at The Pop Out.”
Around the halfway mark, the Mustard and Sounwave-produced cut turned up a notch. “Hey now, say now, get sticky like a hun bun/ You will never be the main guy, you’re a plus-one,” Tyler spat elsewhere in the opening verse. “300K in four days, CHROMAKOPIA/ Twelve days gold, I ain’t even drop deluxe one.”
Watch the video below.