Last year, Tyler The Creator did not hold his annual Camp Flog Gnaw festival. “It’s really not that deep,” explained his manager Chris Clancy at the time. “Tyler has been touring all year and has been busy with a number of projects. Reading the tea leaves and what’s happening with festivals coming out of the pandemic, we thought it would be best to come back the next year.
Fans await an announcement. But Tuesday, May 30 was a big sign of exciting things along the way. Famous cousins and collaborators Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar have teamed up for a new song called “The Hillbillies,” in which they rap a snippet of Bon Iver’s “PDLIF.” The video shows the couple at the Beverly Center Mall in Los Angeles as well as Dodger Stadium.
Where Camp Flog Gnaw comes in is when Tyler The Creator makes an unexpected appearance towards the end of the video, appearing alongside Keem and Kenny at the entrance to Dodger Stadium where a button on his shirt announces that the festival returns for 2023.
So, are Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem headlining this year’s Camp Flog Gnaw? It’s not confirmed, but it seems pretty safe to assume. Otherwise, why would the announcement occur in their music video?
Watch the video above.