Always inspired by my brother KL, he wrote.

Keeping the essence of this shit alive and at the forefront.

Lets not take kindness for weakness.

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Nas (left) and Kendrick Lamar (right) have been speaking highly of each other for years.Venla Shalin/Redferns/Getty Images; Michael Blackshire/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

Let this giant sleep.

I beg u all, he wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

No one really wants destruction, not even me but I shall destroy if disturbed.

That year, Nas also sang Lamars praises in an interview withComplex.

I think he got it.

I know he got it, he said in anticipation of Lamarsgood kid m.A.A.d cityfollow-up.