Kendrick Lamar is the newest prime musical act to witness their vaulted music get leaked on-line and dissected in a trend they didn’t intend. A number of Kendrick Lamar tracks have been leaked on-line and mentioned at size, together with reference tracks for Okay-Dot’s cousin, Child Keem.

Whereas we couldn’t precisely decide the basis location of the leaked tracks, the Reddit web page r/hiphopheads gathered the entire tracks and shared the snippets. Among the many leaks, two 2019 tracks, “Bother Me” and “OD.”

YouTube consumer Infisrael shared the “Bother Me” clip and wrote the next description:

Snippet leaked on Feb 2, 2024, leaked totally on Oct 8, 2025. Accomplished track that Kendrick made for himself and later despatched as a reference to Rihanna for her subsequent album since he wasn’t going to make use of it, made in 2018. Reuses lyrics from “Not For Sale”. Unknown if Rihanna ever really used these references so it’s categorised as Kendrick’s track. Is also meant for Look Lady.

Infisrael additionally shared an outline for “OD (F*ck It Up)”:

Snippet leaked on Dec 25, 2023, forceleaked on Oct 8, 2025. Accomplished track that Kendrick made for himself and later despatched as a reference to Rihanna for her subsequent album since he wasn’t going to make use of it, made in 2018. It was initially often called “OD” earlier than leaking with the actual title. Unknown if Rihanna ever really used these references so it’s categorised as Kendrick’s track. Is also meant for Look Lady. Instrumental later reused for Dry Cry (Island File) by Amanda Reifer.

One other of the leaked tracks, “Pray [V3]” which options Bēkon, seems to be to be a songs meant for Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Large Steppers album, in accordance with the Reddit group. One other monitor, “Public Enemy” options Bakar, and Infisrael writes within the description on YouTube, “Shares the identical instrumental as N.W.A. – Specific Your self.”

The leaks additionally embrace a number of demo variations of songs, together with a model of the controversial “Auntie Diaries” that ended up on Lamar’s MMTBS. There are additionally reference tracks for Child Keem that includes Lamar, delivering the bones of the verse for “SO WHAT” amongst others.

Try the aforementioned r/hiphopheads web page right here.

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