Baby Keem has released his new single “Family Ties,” featuring Kendrick Lamar. The song arrives with a music video directed by Dave Free and starring Keem, Lamar (billed mid-video as Oklama), and Normani. Watch below.

Baby Keem produced “Family Ties with Cardo Got Wings, Outtatown, Roselilah, Jasper Harris, Frankie Bash and Deats. The single is released on pgLang, in partnership with Columbia Records.

Kendrick Lamar made just one guest appearance in 2020, featuring on Busta Rhymes’ “Look Over Your Shoulder.” He recently announced that his next studio album is in the works, and that the project will be his last with longtime label Top Dawg Entertainment.

Baby Keem released his latest record Die for My Bitch in 2019. Since then, the musician has shared the songs “Hooligan,” “Sons & Critics Freestyle,” “No Sense,” and “Durag Activity,” with Travis Scott. He is readying his new album The Melodic Blue.

Normani returned in July with “Wild Side.” Check out the interview “Choreographer Sean Bankhead Breaks Down Normani’s Logic-Defying ‘Wild Side’ Moves” on the Pitch.

This article was originally published on Wednesday, August 25 at 12:13 p.m. Eastern. It was last updated on Friday, August 27 at 9:04 a.m. Eastern.

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