Why Kendrick’s GNX drop is good news for the Warriors

Kendrick Lamar’s surprise album GNX was thrown out of his mind and onto our streaming platforms without warning, and the west coast beats have been blaring through our speakers ever since. But it’s not just rap fans who have been bopping and screaming ‘MUSTAAARD’ since Friday: the Golden State Warriors fans have also been cheering along.

GNX, named after the limited edition Buick Regal Model from the 1980s, is what a lot of K-Dot fans have been asking for and exactly what those who are not fans have been saying he could never do: an album of high-energy ‘hits’ that don’t require the listener to be a Nobel laureate to decipher. Sometimes, screaming “Squabble Up” is sufficient.

The curious stat that links Kendrick to the Warriors

The project is Kendrick’s sixth studio album, and his first project since the world-famous beef with Canadian rapper Drake. So why should Golden State Warriors be happy about this?

Lamar’s last four album drops go like this: 2015 (To Pimp a Butterfly), 2017 (DAMN), 2018 (Black Panther: The Album), 2022 (Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers). Recognise anything?

They are the same years that the Golden State Warriors have won the NBA Championship. Yes, it appears that whenever Kendrick releases an album, the team from San Diego go on and become champions of basketball in the United States.

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