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Doechii Wants A Kendrick Lamar Collab But Admits She Isn't 'Ready': 'That's The Goal'

By WILL SCHUBE

September 16, 2024 |

Doechii has said that she wants a collaboration with Kendrick Lamar but also admitted that she’s not ready for that level up quite yet.

In an interview with Joe Budden on the Thursday (September 12) episode of The Joe BuddenPodcast, the rapper turned media personality asked Doechii if she “expected” a verse from K.Dot on her new album, Alligator Bites Never Heal.

The Tampa, FL rapper said: “I’ma say this. I don’t assume anything and I also don’t feel entitled to a Kendrick feature but I would absolutely love that. That’s the goal. I’m sure that like, for my debut project, eventually I’m gonna ask Top if he could ask Kendrick, or ask Kendrick myself and see what comes from that.

“But I’ma be real. I don’t think I have the record right now for that opportunity. I think I would have to come a certain way and I don’t think I’m ready for that.”

The co-hosts on the Joe Budden Podcast were very impressed by her answer. Budden even said: “I love that from you.”

Check out the clip below, which begins at about the 1:30:30 mark.

Though Doechii doesn’t consider herself ready to work with K.Dot, it was recently announced that she’ll be working with a star in another genre entirely.

Earlier this week, it was confirmed that she’ll offer up a guest feature on pop superstar Katy Perry‘s new single, “I’m His, He’s Mine.”

KP revealed the news with a high-fashion photo of her and the Swamp Princess on Instagram.

“I’M HIS, HE’S MINE ft. @doechii SEPTEMBER 13,” she wrote, confirming the video will also arrive today.

The track will live on Katy’s new dance-pop album 143, which is set to drop next week.

It’s been a banner year for Doechii, who released her new mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal late last month. The Florida native has quite the fan in her TDE boss Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith – as he noted the project makes him feel the same way the label’s breakout superstar Kendrick Lamar did in his early days.

“@doechii Alligator Bites Never Heal out now !! What are your thoughts & standouts so far ? I have the same feeling I had when KDOT dropped Section 80,” he wrote in an Instagram post. “She’s 1 of those ones 4sho !!!!”

Top Dawg isn’t the only TDE member that Doechii has impressed with her new effort, as it’s all ScHoolboy Q has been spinning as well.

“Just Here to say DOEcHii… dats all I care about at da moment,” he wrote on X the day the tape dropped.