Who is featured on GNX? Complete list of features on Kendrick Lamar's new album explored
Kendrick Lamar's sixth studio album, GNX, is currently streaming on all major DSPs. The project was surprise-dropped on November 22, 2024, and was distributed via pgLang, under an exclusive license to Interscope Records.
After initially teasing the hook for squabble up in his Not Like Us music video, Kendrick confirmed rumors surrounding an upcoming album last Friday after unveiling the 12-track project.
Lamar's sixth studio album features guest appearances from some of West Coast's most talented hip-hop and R&B stars. Kendrick also teams up with producers DJ Mustard, Sounwave, Jack Antonoff, and Kamasi Washington, to assist with GNX's production.
Every artist featured on Kendrick Lamar's sixth studio album 'GNX'
From referencing his 2024 rap beef with Drake to claiming he offended Lil Wayne, after being picked as the headliner for 2025's Super Bowl LIX, Kendrick Lamar's GNX is an intense project. The album speaks on major events that transpired in his career this year.
Kendrick Lamar's GNX wraps up an intense and extremely entertaining year for the Compton native. It offers fans an inside look into his personal life and delivers complex and abstract records that delve into themes of faith, pride, religion, and more.
Below is a complete list of artists who teamed up with Kendrick Lamar, offering guest verses and co-production on the rapper's sixth studio album.
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1) SZA
Former TDE labelmate, SZA, teams up with Kendrick Lamar for two separate records on GNX.
Marking their fifth and sixth career collaborations, the R&B singer-songwriter first appears on a track titled luther, which revolves primarily around themes of love and relationships.
SZA also assists Kendrick in closing out his sixth studio album on the final track, gloria, which centers on Lamar's complicated relationship with his artistry and music. The TDE signee's vocal performances significantly help elevate the project's listening experience, delivering lines like:
"Gloria, I wanna take you to euphoria / B---hes want, but they ain't strong enough / I heard they talking, we notorious / If someone talking on me / I see you, you see me / Both see what we want, oh, oh / I see you, you see me / Both see what we want"
2) Deyra Barrera
The Spanish vocals that introduced several records on GNX are credited to Mariachi singer-songwriter Deyra Barrera. According to Rolling Stones, Barrera was invited to Kendrick Lamar's studio shortly after her performance at Game One of the MLB World Series, on October 26, 2024.
When working with Lamar and his team, Barrera explains being unsure about what she could offer to GNX, stating:
"I had no idea what I would record. I make mariachi, not rap. They told me they wanted my style, my voice. I had no idea how it was going to end up on the record."
The records that Deyra Barrera delivers introductions on are listed below:
- wacced out murals
- reincarnated
- gloria
3) Dody6
Kendrick Lamar teamed up with upcoming LA rapper, Dody6, for two records on GNX. It's unclear what transpired between Dody and the Grammy-winning rapper, which resulted in him securing two spots on K-Dot's sixth studio album.
Dody first appears as a feature on the West Coast-infused trap record, hey now, before assisting on the LP's ninth track peekaboo. Notable bars delivered by the upcoming LA artist were seen on hey now's final verse, where he raps:
"Eenie, meenie, miny, moe, I'm tryna tag a n---a toe / I'm aggressive on the beat and real life, n----s know / Ayy, I tatted up my body, it depend, level four / Ayy, I sharpened up a knife and came home to a blow / My b---h gon' get to tweakin' like she playin' with her nose"
4) Ink
Following her work on Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter album, Atlanta producer Ink teamed up with Kendrick Lamar, receiving multiple credits on GNX.
Ink, whose real name is Aita Boggs, has been credited as a co-performer, background vocalist, composer, and lyricist on the following tracks included on Kendrick's sixth studio album:
- squabble up
- luther
- dodger blue
- gloria
Boggs' solo performance, includes two lines, delivered on dodger blue, where she features alongside Kendrick Lamar on the song's second verse.
"When I walk in, ho-s better get in check / You lookin' at a bad b---h, nothin' less" - Ink raps on 'dodger blue'.
5) Sam Dew
Samuel Joseph Dew, better known as Sam Dew, is a Grammy-nominated Chicago-based recording artist who has multiple credits on GNX.
Dew appears as a feature guest performer and background vocalist, alongside Kendrick Lamar, on the following records:
- squabble up
- luther
- dodger blue
- gloria
Sam Dew's outro performance on dodger blue, alongside Ink, features him singing lines like:
"Ooh, don't take it personal / You won't be the first to know / Just might be the first to go / Just might be, ooh"
6) Roddy Ricch, WallieTheSensei, and Siete7x
After performing his 2020 hit The Box during June's Pop Out Concert, Roddy Ricch appeared as a feature on GNX, marking his first career collaboration with Kendrick Lamar.
The 26-year-old rapper appears on dodger blue's hook, performing alongside LA natives Wallie The Sensei and Siete7x, singing:
"So fly in this b---h / Fifty on me, don't die tryin' and s--t (Ooh-ooh) / You know I’m up and down when I slide in this b---h / Dreamers and the Jets outside in this b---h / Westside, get the money, yeah, that’s fo' sho’ / Streets don't love you, better respect the code / Ain't no sleepin' in on Sunday / If it’s 'bout the money, then my n----s on go"
7) Lefty Gunplay
Marking his first collaboration with Kendrick Lamar, rapper Lefty Gunplay appears as a feature on tv off.
Lefty delivers an interesting outro, which seemingly references the mood of each of Kendrick's four diss tracks delivered this year, i.e. Euphoria, 6:16 in LA, Meet The Grahams, and Not Like Us.
"Shit gets crazy, scary, spooky, hilarious / Crazy, scary, spooky, hilarious / Shit gets crazy, scary, spooky, hilarious / Crazy, scary, spooky, hilarious" - Lefty Gunplay raps on 'tv off'.
8) AzChike
Kendrick Lamar teams up with another underground artist, AzChike, who features alongside him on the track titled peekaboo.
AzChike opens on the fourth verse, praising Kendrick, before seemingly taking shots at Drake. The 29-year-old rapper makes references to bars dropped on Not Like Us, as seen by lines like:
"Play that opp s--t around me, I'ma tell you, "Turn it off" / Heard what happened to your mans, not sorry for your loss / Should've prayed before them shooters came and nailed him to the cross / I let your boy get a pass, b---h, you lucky he soft, for real"
9) Hitta J3
Hitta J3 enters as a feature on the titular track, gnx, where he revisits his rough upbringing and violent childhood:
"Fourteen, ridin' minibikes with some dead friends / Twenty-one, flag on my head like a Taliban / Twenty-five, feelin' like the box, it was full of sand / At the cemetery, f--k that, that's where I could've been / 142nd, I'm connected like I'm Rosecrans / Kinda s--t I seen, try and forget and I will pop a Xan"
10) Peysoh
Peysoh enters as another feature on the titular track, gnx, delivering an extremely catchy performance on the song's opening verse.
"Don't televise it, we the ones who lettin' chops blow / Opps know, let 'em piss him off and it's a flop show / Murder man, singin' murder music off a murder van / Beat the p---y up like I been celibate and I murder sound / Who is him? One and only shotta, known as murder man" - Peysoh raps on 'gnx'.
11) YoungThreat
YoungThreat enters as the final feature on the titular track, gnx, closing out the record with a braggadocious verse.
"They hate to see me doin' it / Meal ticket, I'm pursuin' it / I'm in the field for real, UCLA Bruins / They askin' how I do it, how a young n---a so fluent / I kept my mouth closed and I ain't never leave no witness / D.O.A. up on the scene, tell 'em YoungThreat did it, n---a" - YoungThreat raps on 'gnx'.
12) Mustard
Following up on his collaboration with Kendrick Lamar on Not Like Us, DJ Mustard teamed up with the West Coast icon, assisting in co-producing the rapper's sixth studio album.
Speaking with Billboard, Mustard explained how he too was caught off guard after Kendrick Lamar surprise-dropped GNX on Friday night, citing how he expected the LP to be released closer to the rapper's upcoming Super Bowl LI halftime show.
"It was a surprise for me, just like it was a surprise for everybody else. I had been thinking maybe it’s going to come at the top of the year, maybe it’s going to come around the Super Bowl or whatever. When everybody’s in the house together. 10 minutes later, the album is out."
The track Mustard has co-production credits including:
- hey now
- tv off
13) Sounwave
Kendrick Lamar's frequent collaborator and Grammy-winning producer, Sounwave, is credited as a producer on the complete album. The complete tracklist for K-Dot's GNX album has been provided below:
- wacced out murals
- squabble up
- luther (feat. SZA)
- man at the garden
- hey now (feat. Dody6)
- reincarnated
- tv off (feat. Lefty Gunplay)
- dodge blue (feat. Wallie The Sensei, Roddy Ricch, and Siete7x)
- peekaboo (feat. AzChike)
- heart pt. 6
- gnx (feat. Hitta J3, YoungThreat, and Peysoh)
- gloria
14) Jack Antonoff
Working alongside Sounwave, pop artist Jack Antonoff has multiple credits on Kendrick Lamar's sixth studio album. Grammy-winning producer has assisted in the production of the entire GNX project, except for the ninth track peekaboo.
15) Kamasi Washington
Grammy-nominated American saxophonist Kamasi Washington assists with the production of GNX, infusing Kendrick Lamar's album with jazz compositions, as seen on records like:
- luther
- tv off
16) DJ Dahi
American record producer DJ Dahi teamed up with Kendrick Lamar's core production team, assisting on the opening track for GNX, titled wacced out murals.
17) Terrace Martin
Grammy-winning producer Terrace Martin receives a co-producer credit on the eight track, dodger blue, alongside producers Sounwave, Jack Antonoff, Tane Runo, and Tim Maxey.
Other producers who assisted on Kendrick Lamar's GNX include Frano, Craig Balmoris, Matthew “MTech” Bernard, Tyler Reese, Scott Bridgeway, Cardo Got Wings, Roselilah, Tyler Reese, and more.
