Kendrick Lamar's “Not Like Us” has infiltrated different avenues of pop culture, and now, even libraries are feeling the impact of Drake's record. The Los Angeles Public Library went viral over the weekend when it posted a video on Tik Tok and Instagram over the weekend, debating whether his owl should say goodbye for good after the diss track's video arrived on July 4.
In the field of view, the rapper “wop wop wop wop wops” a giant owl piñata while the screen notes “DO NO HARM DURING THIS VIDEO FRIDAY.” The visual ends with a scene of an owl in a cage.
“We have to retire our owl,” the library asks in the clip, which features “Not Like Us” booming in the background. “Let us know,” the Instagram caption also said. The library's puppet raccoon wraps the owl — synonymous with Drake's OVO brand — in a blanket and closes the storage bin lid over it in a ceremonial burial.
West Coast fans loved seeing the L.A. Library enter the fray, and most thought the skit was funny. “THE LIBRARY! I thought it was when Duolingo got the beef, but I think this one does,” wrote one person on TikTok.
“LA stands for work,” one fan replied.
Another person joked about how this made them want to pay their late book fees, but it turns out the library doesn't even have late fees anymore.
The momentum of “Not Like Us” doesn't seem to be slowing down anytime soon with Kendrick's victory lap taking over the West Coast summer.
The Mustard-produced anthem may get another boost up the charts with the arrival of the track's music video. On last week's Billboard Hot 100, “Not Like Us” held strong at No. 3 in its eighth week on the chart.
Kendrick debuted “Not Like Us” live on Juneteenth during his Pop Out concert at Los Angeles' Kia Forum, which made for an unforgettable hip-hop moment with mentor Dr. Dre to start the show with K. Dot on stage.
See the Los Angeles Public Library's excerpt of her owl below.
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