DJ Mustard has shared that multiple rappers passed on the instrumental for Kendrick Lamar‘s “GNX” track “Hey Now.”

During an interview with People, the prolific producer recalled playing the “Hey Now” beat for multiple rappers including YG and Quavo, both of whom decided to turn down the track.

“I played it for YG… I was trying to make a West Coast version of ‘Grindin’.’ That’s why it’s so empty like that,” he said. “That’s why it’s just weird sounds. [H]e didn’t end up doing it.”

Then, Mustard took the beat to Migos member Quavo.

“After YG, and I played it for Quavo and I’m like, ‘Quavo man, if you get this, if you can connect to this song, I’m telling you,’ he’s like, ‘What the hell you want me to do to it? You want me to whisper on the beat?’ And I’m like, ‘Alright.’ So I didn’t force it on him.”

After that, Mustard shared that Ty Dolla $ign tried his hand at the “Hey Now” beat, even laying vocals over the track, but that he was never truly sold on that version.

As for how the beat got to Kendrick, here’s what Mustard said: “I was talking to Kendrick one day and I was just like, ‘Man, I got this really weird-ass beat, but I really love it. Like, I know that I love this beat.’ And I sent it to him and right away he said, ‘Oh yeah, I got it.’ And I was like, ‘Alright.’ But still, I hadn’t heard it until I went to the ‘Not Like Us’ video shoot.”

Listen to “Hey Now” below.