LISTEN: Kendrick Lamar releases new song 'The Heart Part 4'

Kendrick Lamar's newest single follows an Instagram post with the Roman numeral “IV” on Thursday, which he shared after wiping his prior posts.

In a recent interview with T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Kendrick talked about the content of the upcoming album, saying: “My focus is ultimately going back to my community and the other communities around the world where they’re doing the groundwork. To Pimp a Butterfly was addressing the problem. I’m in a space now where I’m not addressing the problem anymore.”

The track itself is a journey into Kendrick's socially-conscious, zeitgeist-epitomising, no-punches-punches-pulling style of hip-hop. He rails on the President with the lines: “Donald Trump is a chump, know how we feel punk/Tell em that God comin', and Russia need a replay button, yall up to something” and takes to task an unnamed rapper (most likely everyone's favourite punching bag Drake).

Closing the song with the lines “Y’all got ’til April 7 to get y’all shit together,” the Compton rapper suggests that big things are in store two weeks from now...

Listen to the full track here:

The Heart Part 4

The Heart Part 4, a song by Kendrick Lamar on Spotify