family ties

About this song

"Family Ties" is the first official collaboration between cousins Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar, made after months of working together under the pgLang imprint. It was originally titled "Jump 2" and was previewed in March 2020 in a video teaser introducing pgLang. Keem announced the single on August 23, 2021, with cover art showing the two cousins recreating the cover of Kendrick's 2012 album good kid, m.A.A.d city, and the song's music video was released the same night.

Fun facts

• Samples “Last Love by Phonoband”.
• Sampled in 4 other songs, like “1OO's Family Ties by Istanbul King”.
• Covered 6 times, including “FAMILY TIES but its just my voice by SQUALAY (YouTube)”.
• Written by Baby Keem, Cardo Got Wings, Deats, Frankie Bash, Jasper Harris and Kendrick Lamar.
• Produced by Baby Keem, Cardo Got Wings, Deats, Frankie Bash and Jasper Harris.