Family Ties (song)

"Family Ties" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by American rappers Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar. The song was released on August 27, 2021, by Columbia Records and pgLang. The song serves as the fourth single from Keem's debut album, The Melodic Blue.The song also serves as Lamar’s first musical release under pgLang, a production company he co-founded in March 2020. "Family Ties" marks Lamar's first single and new music since "Pray for Me" with Canadian singer The Weeknd, released in 2018. The song also marks the first official collaboration between Keem and Lamar, who are real-life cousins, hence the name of the song, as well as the single’s cover art depicting them in a family portrait, which pays homage to the album cover of Lamar's 2012 breakout album good kid, m.A.A.d city. The accompanying music video features a cameo from singer Normani and won the 2022 BET Award for Video of the Year.