Kendrick Lamar performs with Prince in rare footage

They teamed up for "What's My Name."
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Enjoy this one while it lasts. 

A rare video has resurfaced online showing Prince and Kendrick Lamar performing together at at a 2014 album release party at Paisley Park. And, well, it's nothing short of epic.

The Purple One and the Compton lyricist teamed up for "What's My Name," with Kendrick tacking his own verse on to the track off 1998's Crystal Ball. 


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The video surfaced on The Prince Museum, a Facebook fan page. 

This is just the latest of several performance videos of Prince that have surfaced online since his sudden death at age 57 on April 21. He was notoriously anti-YouTube, and once threatened 22 of his own fans with a lawsuit for posting performance videos on fan pages.

One video, of his last performance of "Purple Rain," has already been taken down from YouTube.

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