Tyler, The Creator Declares He’s ‘Really That Guy’ With Freestyle Over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Hey Now’

Tyler, the Creator gave fans exactly what they wanted for Christmas: a deeply unserious freestyle over Kendrick Lamar‘s “Hey Now.”

Posted on Christmas Day, a new music video on the “St. Chroma” hitmaker’s YouTube channel finds him spitting new bars over the Compton rapper’s gritty bass-heavy beat — which was produced by Mustard, Sounwave and Jack Antonoff — in various locations across Tyler’s hometown of Hawthorne, Calif.

“Oh my god, I’m really that guy/ Yeah b—h, I’m outside,” he raps in front of a brick wall before switching locales to the hood of a white Ferarri parked in front of the beach. “Laferrari popping on the 405/ 1 ticket 2 ticket 3 ticket 4 million/ Put that lil Maybach truck in the garage/ Lil bunny hop out, you seen me at the pop out/ Pandemonium screaming like they brought Pac out.”

Tyler also shared the video on X, writing, “merry christmas. had fun with it,” in response to a fan who’d tweeted in November, “I want @tylerthecreator to freestyle on Hey Now so bad.”

Featuring Dody6, “Hey Now” appears on Lamar’s new album GNX, which he surprise-dropped in November — less than three months before he’s set to headline the Super Bowl Halftime Show in 2025. The track opened at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the full set debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

The “See You Again” rapper also dropped a new album this year, with Chromakopia arriving in October and spending three weeks atop the Billboard 200. In his December Billboard cover story, Tyler opened up about the LP being his most personal offering yet, revealing, “putting some of this stuff on wax was a lot for me.”

“I’m a super extrovert, but I’m a very private person with my life,” he said, adding of the album’s gothic cover: “It’s so honest that I think I had to wear a mask on my own face to get that s–t out.”

Watch Tyler, the Creator’s “Hey Now” freestyle above.