Kendrick Lamar Beefs Up Security with Sheriff’s Deputies for Video Shoot

Kendrick Lamar is about to movie a brand new music video this weekend … and we’re advised the rapper is beefing up his safety to maintain himself, his crew, and the group protected.

Legislation enforcement sources inform TMZ … the Grammy winner can be filming his new music video in Compton — an ideal homecoming for Okay. Dot on the heels of his triumphant Juneteenth present Wednesday evening on the KIA Discussion board in close by Inglewood.

We’re advised Kendrick’s crew received all the correct permits wanted to drag off the venture … and the L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept. will ship deputies for additional safety through the music vid shoot.

For safety causes, our sources will not say what number of deputies have been tapped for the gig — which is about to happen throughout Compton. Nonetheless, we’ve been advised that Kendrick’s manufacturing firm is paying round $120 an hour to have them available.

Whereas legislation enforcement sources inform us the police are conscious of Kendrick’s current beef with nemesis Drake, we’re advised no recognized threats have surfaced right now.

Although the feud, not less than publicly, ended again in early Could — when Kendrick dropped “Not Like Us” — we’re advised the authorities are nonetheless taking it significantly and keeping track of social media for any drama.

Bear in mind, Kendrick and Drake dropped a sequence of diss tracks about one another, till Kendrick was declared the clear winner with “Not Like Us” not solely verbally taking down Drake … but in addition topping the Billboard charts.

Within the aftermath, the ‘Degrassi’ alum’s Toronto mansion was plagued with 3 police-involved incidents — together with the taking pictures of certainly one of his safety guards. Kendrick was not linked to the taking pictures, and no suspect has been arrested.

Sources inform us the LASD and others concerned hope for a peaceable manufacturing that exhibits off the great thing about Compton, as a substitute of the unfavourable picture of gangs and crime it turned well-known for many years in the past.