Twitter Raves About Kendrick Lamar’s "Power" Acting Debut

Twitter – Kendrick Lamar made his acting debut on Sunday (July 29) on the 50 Cent-produced drama, Power. In the new episode — titled “Happy Birthday” – K. Dot plays a homeless drug addict named Laces.

Ahead of the episode, Lamar shared a photo of himself in character to his Twitter account.

“My name, is my name,” he wrote. “Ask me again, i’ll tell you the same #PowerTV.”

My name, is my name. Ask me again, i’ll tell you the same.#PowerTV. Watch it NOW on the STARZ App: https://t.co/j2vNP4Aco4 pic.twitter.com/JrzuFcaejs

— Kendrick Lamar (@kendricklamar) July 29, 2018

Courtney Kemp — Power’s creator and producer — told the Associated Press the Compton MC’s relationship with Fiddy played a key role in K. Dot’s appearance on the show.

“He and Kendrick … were hanging out and Kendrick said, ‘I’d really like to be on the show,’ and you know it goes from there. He’s really gifted, tremendously gifted. I mean it’s a total transformation. It is not a version of Kendrick Lamar that you’ve ever seen before. So it’s very exciting.”

? Kendrick Lamar Makes A Cameo Appearance On #PowerTV Season 5 Episode 5 As A Crackhead Alongside 50 Cent pic.twitter.com/GqAiqcxcbg

— Street Talk LDN (@StreetTalkLDN) July 29, 2018

Evidently, plenty of his fans and peers felt the same way. Joey Bada$$ and his tour DJ Powers Pleasant tweeted about K. Dot’s role and acting ability, while TDE’s Punch compared him to Denzel Washington.

Check out some of the reactions below.

Kenzel.

— Punch TDE (@iamstillpunch) July 29, 2018

Kendrick Lamar making his acting debut on POWER while my song playing in the background

— BADMON (@joeyBADASS) July 29, 2018

Damn Kendrick a great actor

— Beastcoast P (@PowersPleasant) July 29, 2018

Kendrick Lamar the best crackhead since Tyrone Biggums.

— Deante’ Hitchcock (@DeanteVH) July 29, 2018

Kendrick stole the show on #PowerTV tonight. From this episode alone, I can see him getting an Emmy nomination for best guest staring role

— Tariq Nasheed (@tariqnasheed) July 29, 2018

You mean to tell me Kendrick not only raps better but acts better than you too? Damn! Lol

— Cousin Carl (@carlchery) July 29, 2018

Kendrick Lamar is a Great Actor He Did His Thing On Power. This Scene was Jokes pic.twitter.com/Nu2TaYi3z4

— 2cool2blog (@2Cool2Bloggg) July 30, 2018

Kendrick Lamar playing this crackhead on Power is the greatest shit ever ? #PowerStarz

— Dev ? (@devtrent_) July 29, 2018

Kendrick Lamar starring in this episode of power is litt ?? episode5 pic.twitter.com/ldd7U7CzVZ

— DHEEE (@mrdheee) July 29, 2018

Kendrick Lamar on Power is the best thing ??? This man can do it all for real #PowerStarz pic.twitter.com/bHMQTCJQQ0

— Ani Caribbean (@AniCaribbean) July 29, 2018