In a recent sit down with Genius’ Rob Markman , Legendary Hip-hop Producer Dj Premier reveals that he wanted to get Kendrick Lamar on ‘Family & Loyalty‘ ( featuring J. Cole) lead single of his duo with late MC Guru ‘Gangstarr‘ album. According to Preemo T.D.E replied with Kendrick is locked in and he’s working on his album so cause of that Kendrick couldn’t make the cut.

“Family & Loyalty was third record i was working on for the album .I wanted to get Kendrick ,shout out to Top, they said he’s locked in right now working on his own album,cool no problem”

Check Out Dj Premier talking about wanting Kendrick Lamar in ‘Family and Loyalty’ at around 17 Minutes

Although Dj Premier didn’t clearly said at what period he requested Kendrick Lamar for verse ,he does mention that he wanted to get Drake on the song too but he also couldn’t be on it cause of his Scorpion tour which was actually called ‘‘Aubrey and Three Migos Tour” last year in August . This Year alone Kendrick Lamar have appeared on handful artists albums like Beyonce,2 Chainz ,label mate SiR,Raphael Saadiq and surprise chorus on Dreamville’s album ‘Revenge Of The Dreamers 3’.