Schoolboy Q ft. Kendrick Lamar- There He Go

A lot of things connect the east and the west in our dear nation—highways, non-stop flights, and miles of delicious roadside fast food—but hip-hop isn’t one of them. Leave it to a DC native to play diplomat: blogger and event planner DCtoBC orchestrated the union of newly annointed West Coast rapper Kendrick Lamar and hometown up-and-comers Phil Ade, Phil da Phuture, and Ashton Travis for a sold-out show at the 9:30 Club recently. A few hours after Kendrick Lamar and his crew touched down on the East Coast, we met up with them at a towering mansion in Kalorama. As we wandered through the foyer, up the elevator, and over the skywalk (what, your house doesn’t have a skywalk?), Schoolboy Q, a member of Lamar’s black hippy movement, delivered an exclusive performance of the yet-to-be released track, “There He Go.“