While SZA and saxophonist Kamasi Washington are the only cameos on “GNX” that pop music fans are likely to recognize, the album is a comprehensive roster of SoCal scene-beloved veterans like Wallie the Sensei, AzChike and Hitta J3, and fast-rising local acts like Dody6 and YoungThreat.

Now, four months later, Kendrick follows up with “GNX,” a short, reflective new song that finds the Pulitzer Prize winner doubling down on the other half of the message of “Not Like Us” — solidarity with real ones,