In "Big Shot," Kendrick Lamar and Travis Scott describe their prestigious status and the perks of being rich and famous

Travis and Kendrick have a relationship that goes beyond music, and an interview with Billboard Travis said (on Kendrick):
>I met him at the [MTV Video Music Awards] one year and he came up to me and was just like, "Yo, man, I fuck with your music. It’s super dope and inspirational." I was like, whoa, this is the best rapper in the globe -- he fucks with my music! That’s one of the things that made me want to keep working on my music and try to keep it going 'cause I’m not the most rappity rap ass n***a. That’s not me but I really love Kendrick’s music

Additionally, Kendrick’s verse on this song was previewed during his explosive performance at the 2018 Grammy Awards, before the song and official soundtrack

This is something Kendrick seems to enjoy doing. In fact, two songs from 2016’s *untitled.unmastered* had similar rollouts with ​"untitled 03 | 05.28.2013." being performed on the Colbert Report's final show, and ​"untitled 05 | 09.21.2014." being performed at the 2016 Grammys.