Kendrick Lamar plays Drake diss track Not Like US five times at LA concert

Towards the end of the show, which was streamed live on Amazon, Lamar brought out West Coast rap legend Dr Dre, acting as his hype-man on raucous versions of Still D.R.E. and California Love.

Dre then teed up the first performance of Not Like Us by whispering the opening line, “I see dead people”.

Excitement for the song had been building throughout the night, with the crowd chanting its lyrics at various points in Lamar’s set.

With each repeat, Lamar was joined by more and more guests.

By the end of the night, there were almost 30 people on stage, including YG, Steve Lacy, Schoolboy Q, Big Boy, G Perico, DJ Mustard, and basketball stars Russell Westbrook and Demar Derozan.

The gathering marked a rare moment of solidarity from Los Angeles’ often fractured hip-hop scene.

Pausing to take a group photo, Lamar told the crowd: “This is unity, y’all just don’t know man”.

He dedicated the show to the musicians and friends they had lost to violence, saying: “Everybody on this stage got fallen soldiers.

“For all of us to be together, that [expletive] is special,” he continued.

“We put this together with peace… I promise this won’t be the last of us.”]

The show ended with a sixth, instrumental, version of Not Like Us, played as fans left the arena.