Two prominent Kendrick Lamar murals in Compton have fallen victim to repeated vandalism, with one of these incidents directly inspiring the track "wacced out murals" from his recent album GNX.

The first mural, created by artist Mike Norice on Tam's Burgers' wall (featured in Lamar's "Not Like Us" music video), was defaced last month. A second mural by artists Sloe Motion and Gustavo Zemeño Jr., located on Mi Sabor restaurant, has endured multiple instances of vandalism.

Lamar addressed the vandalism in his album's opening track with the lines: "Yesterday, somebody whacked out my mural / That energy'll make you n—as move to Europe." The Mi Sabor mural artists later shared security footage of the vandalism on Instagram, finding some consolation in their work being immortalized in Lamar's lyrics.

The timing of these incidents has led to speculation about a possible connection to Lamar's ongoing feud with Drake, who recently filed a lawsuit against UMG regarding Lamar's diss track "Not Like Us."

Mexican mariachi singer Deyra Barrera, who performs the Spanish vocals in "wacced out murals," revealed in a Billboard interview that she was invited to participate in Mike Norice's upcoming YouTube series "Art & Soul" to discuss the mural's significance and its connection to the song.

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