I'd recommend checking out my previous posts below first if you haven't already:

1. Detailed analysis of connections between Peekaboo/Silent Hill/Euphoria and Superbowl performance by Kendrick Lamar and more. (Links to XXXTentacion)

2. Part 2-Detailed Analysis of Connections Peekaboo XXXtentation - Highway 95 / Euphoria

3. (Bonus) Long post on Kendrick strategically aligning himself with prominent female artists from 2020 onwards pre-battle

When I saw the rumours about Kendrick being on Carti's album and when I saw the "SKI MASK ROLL HIM" lyric previewed by Carti the night before, I had a strong inkling Ski Mask The Slump God possibly giving up XXX's location, leading to his death would be referenced heavily on the album, especially Kendrick's features.

• Kendrick appeared on BACKDOOR, MOJO JOJO, GOOD CREDIT, tracks 5, 10, 15.

• (5 + 10 +15) = 30 = XXX

• As well as listening to Carti's album I started listening to Ski Mask The Slump God, particularly his songs with XXX (they were known as "Members Only"). (good shit to be fair - worth a listen)

• If you're not familiar with the claim by Thuglifevol3 made months ago in this sub about Ski Mask / Bruno Dickemz / XXX's girl giving up his location to people associated with Drake, go to post 2 linked above, specifically the section "Yachty / 600 Breezy"

• Here's the claim

• "I said way way back that X made a series of bad moves that led to his death. He was putting money on Drakes head. He told his GF who told others including Bruno, who passed that on to people around Drake. GF and Slump knew where he was going to be...and shared. Slump thought he was just getting jacked.

• XXX started getting daily threats that included his family, friends and his pets. They were sent via a DM, going to all get chopped up and burned up. Bruno had an alt account and was helping 600breezy torment XXX. Slump helped pin him a day ahead of time. It wasn’t the guy with him, it was slump. He’s a piece of shit. He was in his feels, thought his friend was getting robbed. He got his info from X’s GF.

MOJO JOJO

we go DUMMY

• Mention of Mojo Jojo (on a song by both Ski Mask and XXX) jumped out to me immediately when I heard it as this is the name of one of Kendrick's features on Carti's album
• In Powerpuff Girls, Mojo Jojo gains his powers by ingesting something called Chemical X

Backdoor

• BACKDOOR - "Members only*, ridin' through the* backdoor, backdoor.
• Members Only = XXXtentation & Ski Mask The Slump God
• To "Backdoor" is "To go behind someones back and betray them" "When the location of an unsuspecting person is acquired, typically through their “friends” or a girl they might know. This location is usually given to the opps in order for this unsuspecting person to be set up, robbed, and sometimes killed" https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Backdoor
• "BACKDOOR A MF" is the OG name of the song, leaving no doubt that this meaning of the expression is the intended one, despite on the surface alluding to the backdoor of a car as well.

TRIM

• Doesn't feature Kendrick but it does feature an interesting lyric that Carti went out of his way to specifically preview the night before: "SKI MASK ROLL HIM"

SKI MASK ROLL HIM - pretty self explanatory

• Genius has the lyrics as "rollin" but this comment from Carti's finsta proves that it's "roll him"

16 - Baby Keem

• Scrolling Ski Mask's twitter, the name of his album "Drown in Designer" brought a lyric from Baby Keem's "16" to mind straight away
• Important reminder that Baby Keem lyrics and songtitles have been used to drop significant easter eggs (quick summary below - I've documented better with links if you check out my other posts - part 1, part 2)
• **'**Family ties' = Mob Ties, 'Range Brothers' = Splash Brothers,
• 'vent' = this fits into wider ongoing Playstation motif that has continued into the Superbowl performance and the GNX tour (it's an Among Us reference)
• LLC The Dead (OG name for Trademark USA) - especially when you look at the lyrics, this seems to refer to Glock9ine's phone number's mysterious presence on one of Drake's LLC's - the one that produced Euphoria (the song title of Kendrick diss track Euphoria serves same purpose)
• One thing I didn't know until recently - Trademark USA (specifically the part that says "LLC the Glock") actually plays during an episode of Euphoria. youtube link. This is significant as it is clearly another way of alluding to the production company used to create Euphoria and the strange links between Drake and Glokk9ine (makes me wonder if "BTE 0216" license plate showns means anything)
• 'Highway 95' refers to Glokk9ine's own sloppy, nervous admission on his youtube interview with DJ Vlad that he was pulled over between Broward County and Miami on the day of X's murder. You can probably guess what road connects the two places...
• (Remember that Glokk9ine received a $2 million deal from Cash Money soon after X's murder)
• (Remember that Glokk9ine's 'Talm Bout' is about Kodak Black - referenced on chorus of Kendrick's Peekaboo - which calls back to Silent Hill feat. Kodak Black - which ties back to the wider playstation motif)
• With all that in mind, it' worth looking at "16" on the same Keem album, a song with the lyric "drown yourself in expensive fabric", very similar to Ski Mask the Slump God's album "Drown in Designer"

Drown yourself in expensive fabrics / Drown in Designer

• I always thought of this song as being about a relationship gone wrong, but it works in the context of XXX/Ski Mask's friendship
• I'm quite good at recognising when a certain lyric might be an easter egg so I googled "Ski Mask bad habits" and lo-and-behold the only song where he uses this (admittedly common) phrase is on a song where he pays tribute to his lost friend XXXtentation
• We know that Keem's song "16" was at least partially written by Kendrick (listen to the reference track it's incredible)
• We know from 'wacced out murals' that the number "16" is associated with lost friends: "I done lost plenty friends, 16 to be specific"
• I always interpreted Keem's "16" to be about a relationship (which it still is), but it also makes sense when you look through the lens of XXX and Ski Masks friendship.
• "lost ransom" "you was abandoned" "your tragedy" "i fucked up big" as well as "drown yourself in expensive fabrics" and "bad habits" being the main clues
• Sometimes I think some of Kendrick's leaks are deliberate so that eagle-eyed fans pick up little bits of context that helps them understand what he's doing. The leaks of 'vent', 'LLC The Dead', '16' have all contributed to me catching this stuff

Freddy Krueger / "Spooky"

• As was pointed out to me in the comments of my previous post, the "gah gah" noises Kendrick makes in Gloria, Dodger Blue and maybe the start of Squabble up seem to reference Freddy Krueger. Listen for yourself.

shit get spooky every day in October

• XXX and Slump God have a song "Freddy vs Jason" together
• 3 different Kendrick songs recently have used the word spooky
• hey now - Ayy, shit get spooky*, every day in* October
• tv off - crazy scary spooky hilarious
• Backdoor - Members only, ridin' through the backdoor, backdoor Vamp life, spooky, vamp life, spooky
• Maybe this is what he means?

Ski Mask the Slump God's "STUPID" social media/twitter activity

• A quick scroll through his twitter, you will see a few things possibly referenced by Kendrick. See twitter banner of XXX's eyes below. Possibly mirrored by Kendrick.
• Also the triangle button on the GNX and Superbowl stages are upside-down making it look a lot like the Yu-Gi-Oh chain associated with Ski Mask. See below

Peekaboo 👀

https://preview.redd.it/dx20e1mxc6ze1.png?width=1042&format=png&auto=webp&s=71bf7048582064a0d77c6c8f28e3f941afd1d6b5

• GOOD CREDIT: "Carti my Evil Twin". Possibly a reference to this tweet (reach IMO)

• The Day of XXX's murder he went straight to Twitter to express his pain - not suspicious or particularly weird in isolation

• Last summer he tweeted about the rumours that Drake had some involvement in XXX's murder "Whoever Believe This Stupid Shit Too Deep In The Youtube Conspiracy Rabbit Hole Go Outside Touch Grass My N****".

• Replies were not sympathetic towards Slump - people rightfully pointed out that Drake (regardless of his involvement or not) rapped about killing X before and after his death. Would a true friend of XXX defend Drake's actions (whether he thinks he was involved or not)? The tweet is still up, you can read the replies yourself.

• Breaking Down the XXXTentacion and Ski Mask the Slump God Beef

• Ski Mask The Slump God Ends Beef With Drake & Says Drake Loved XXXTentacion's Music

• I broke down Drake's lyrics referring to XXX here. This "dossier" post too from yesterday from u/uh_oh_spoiler_alert

• Only about 2 weeks after Ski Masks tweet about "Stupid" conspiracy theories about XXX's murder and Drake, YG drops a song called "Stupid" featuring Yachty

YG - Stupid (feat. Lil Yachty, Babyface Ray), 9 July 2024

• I did a full breakdown of it in this post (scroll to "Yachty / 600 Breezy" section). It's worth looking at it again (but I didn't make the connection to Ski Mask's tweets at the time)
• Part 2-Detailed Analysis of Connections Peekaboo XXXtentation - Highway 95 / Euphoria
• Lil Yachty makes multiple X's with his hands,
• I never really understood why Yachty is on tour with Tyler (who has been dissing Drake since 2021 - see That Guy (Hey Now remix), the Millie Bobby Brown lyric on Lumberjack, the Hillbillies video, 'Wilshire' referring yet again to registered location of Drake's weird LLCs/Glock9ine) but seems to be back together with Drake, attending WWE together (they had broken up/unfollowed each other due to Yachty admitting NLU was a banger). Cuties
• Is he getting extorted by team Kendrick in some way? His name drop on Euphoria definitely means something (dark) and it seems like he was acting super weird at X's funeral, possibly sending someone (Drake?) pics of his corpse and crying loudly to cover the sound (see my other post)
• Don't forget 'Stupid' has details that tie to GNX lyrics - "penitentiary chances"- Heart part 6 "yeah it's us" - Squabble Up (see full breakdown)
• Dodger Blue - Just know you took the scenic route if you stand by me, stupid (we already know Dodger Blue refers to the Blue Dodge getaway vehicle from the murder scene)
• The way Kendrick says "stupid" stands out here IMO, similar to how "Fuck Love" in reincarnated is a reference to the XXX track of the same name
• "WE GO DUMMY" adlib from Mojo Jojo another "stupid" reference?
• Don't forget as well as making X's with his hand, Yachty's first line is followed by a "Ski" adlib, further pointing to Ski Mask the Slump God
• god Yachty is a fucking idiot although that psychedelic rock album was great
• Aubrey, the walls are closing in on you Crodie...

Other Songs

• These are definitely a reach but probably worth including, look at the tracklisting for the four Members Only tapes - some song titles jump out as posssibly being referenced by Kendrick
• 'Take it There' - this exact wording used on wacced out murals and Not Like Us - maybe a reach, the song is on the 2nd Members Only tape but doesn't feature XXX or Slump
• 'Splash' - "Give him splash till he hydrated" - Squabble Up
• 'I am' - First words of Squabble Up before he pauses, name of song with Jorja Smith on the Black Panther album (coincidence - it's before his death)
• 'Mental Magneto' -You know the last one figured he was Magneto - possibly coincidence - probably references Boi1da's instagram post referring to Drake