Schoolboy Q and Kendrick Lamar may not be on the same label anymore, but Q didn't forget how his Black Hippy brethren helped him.

https://www.youtube.com/live/bU9hR7bNBRk?si=dJwHQOZwfrafhlix

“Dot gave me so much confidence. Dot made me a rapper. Dot saved my life. I owe a lot to Dot," said Q on Back On Figg. "Kendrick and Ali, pulled me to the side [and said] you slipping, you ain’t on your game. [We’re] really about music around here ... Top [Dawg] wanted to get rid of me [at one point]. Dot saved me. He made me his hype man. He would tell me to come to the studio all the time, 'We in the studio, we in the studio. You got your verse ready?'"

"Next thing you know, Dre hearing my sh*t. And then I get my deal because of Dre really. What I’m saying is, Kendrick kept pulling me, kept pulling me and kept pulling me."

Dope story, right?