Several small business owners in Compton had no idea that a rap superstar was filming the music video for America’s No. 1 song back in June, and it wound up costing them thousands of dollars, according to a report.

Kendrick Lamar filmed the music video for his scathing diss track directed at Drake, titled “Not Like Us” on June 22 in his proud hometown of Compton.

The problem was, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times, that local business owners weren’t informed of the plans.

Corina Pleasant, who runs Compton soul food restaurant Alma’s Place with her mother, told the Times that she noticed that no customers were in the restaurant an hour after opening on the day of the filming — despite the fact that the parking lot shared with other businesses was packed.

She later learned that the cars in the lot weren’t there to support the small businesses, but rather for fans of Lamar to try to catch a glimpse of the rapper, who was filming the video outside the nearby courthouse.

Pleasant and other business owners blame the city of Compton for failing to notify business owners that the massive shoot was taking place that day.

“I’m just running everything and making no money,” she told The Times. “I literally was there for nothing, because the little money that I did make, I had to pay my staff with that.”

She estimated that she lost somewhere around $2,000 that day. Other business owners had similar experiences.

“The people who suffer are the small businesses,” Adelfo Antonio Garcia, a co-owner of Sunny Express Gourmet Fast Food, said in Spanish, according to the L.A. Times. He said customers still believe the restaurant is closed on Saturdays due to the ordeal.

Pleasant said she closed up Alma’s Place early that day. If she knew about the music video’s filming ahead of time, she would have closed for the day or set up a pop-up tent outside.

A spokesperson for the city of Compton told The Times in a statement that better communication will be relayed to business owners in the future.

“Businesses in Compton, especially small businesses, are the backbone of our city,” the statement said. “We want to continue to keep an open line of communication and do everything we can to support economic growth.”

Better communication likely would have helped Alma Pleasant save some of her money, she said at a city council meeting.

“I’m here because three things affected me on Saturday,” she said during public comment. “And when those three things affect me, I’m coming in full force. One, my kids. Two, my money. Three, my food.”

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Johan Jose Martinez Rangel, one of two illegal immigrants from Venezuela charged with capital murder in the slaying of Houston 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, returned to court Wednesday, a day after her mother testified before a congressional committee about migrant crime.

The defense and Harris County prosecutors wrestled over the scope of a potential gag order in the case and Judge Josh Hill told them to abide by the state’s rules of professional conduct.

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Prosecutors also asked the judge to grant them access to all of Rangel’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection records in a pair of court filings Tuesday. The defense had no objections, and the judge granted the request.

BIDEN-HARRIS OPEN BORDER POLICY FREED ILLEGAL 3 WEEKS BEFORE JOCELYN NUNGARAY MURDER, MOTHER SAYS

Johan Jose Martinez Rangel is flanked by his defense lawyer, a translator and a deputy as he appears in court in connection with the murder of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray in Houston on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (Pool)

Rangel and Franklin Pena were arrested in July on capital murder charges. Authorities said both suspects entered the U.S. illegally shortly before the slaying.

Prosecutors laid out the allegations bluntly in a bail request after the arrests.

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“In this case, the defendant lured a 12-year-old under a bridge where he and his co-defendant remained with her for over 2 hours, took her pants off, tied her up, and killed her, then threw her body into the bayou,” Assistant District Attorney Michael Abner wrote in June.

The arraignment comes a day after Nungaray’s mother testified before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, calling on lawmakers to secure the border as she revealed a harrowing timeline of events.

BIDEN-HARRIS BORDER CRISIS: VICTIMS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CRIME TESTIFY IN HOUSE HEARING

Alexis Nungaray concludes her remarks in a House Judiciary Committee hearing about the impacts of illegal immigrant crime on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. Her 12-year-old daughter Jocelyn was abducted and killed near the family’s home in Houston. Two Venezuelan illegals were later arrested on capital murder charges. (House Judiciary)

Jocelyn left her family’s home to grab a late night soda when police say Rangel and Pena led her out of a convenience store. She never made it home.

“That Monday morning, June 17th, was terrifying,” her mother told the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday. “Waking up to know your child was missing and frantically searching the area where her phone was being pinged just two minutes away from her home, driving up to that exact location to see crime scene tape and officers by a bridge.”

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Jocelyn Nungaray, 12, was found strangled to death in a Houston creek. (Fox Houston courtesy of the Nungaray family)

At the scene, officers couldn’t provide answers, she said. But 45 minutes later, she received a phone call from police asking her to come downtown.

“I’m still hanging on to hope that my 12-year-old daughter is still somewhere out there,” she said. “They bring me to the floor labeled Homicide Division.”

Nungaray told the committee Tuesday that the suspects threw her daughter off the bridge thinking the creek below would wash away their DNA.

ILLEGALS CHARGED WITH MURDER. RAPE AND KIDNAPPING IN A WEEK OF SHOCKING CRIMES ACROSS THE US

Patty Morin (right) testifies to the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., about border policy and the death of her daughter in Harford County. Alexis Nungaray, left, testified about the killing of her daughter in Houston.  (Jeff Barker/The Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

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Franklin Jose Peña Ramos, left, and Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel have been charged in the killing of Jocelyn Nungaray in Houston, Texas, on Monday, June 17. (Harris County Jail)

“Because of the Biden-Harris administration open border policies, catch and release, they were enrolled in the Alternatives to Detention program,” Nungaray told lawmakers. “This meant that they were released into the United States. It was not even a full three weeks later that they would take my daughter Jocelyn Nungaray’s life.”

Rangel is due back in court on Nov. 11.

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Now that spooky season is almost here, Long Beach is gearing up for the return of Queen Mary’s beloved Halloween festival: Dark Harbor.

The event lineup features haunted mazes, live entertainment, themed bars and lounges, carnival rides and the return of icons like the Ringmaster and Scary Mary.

The notoriously haunted ship turns 90 this year, and crewmembers told KTLA’s Samantha Cortese that a special room can be reserved for those who don’t mind an extra guest.

“Here aboard the Queen Mary in haunted B340, the captain, the crew and I are happy to announce B340 is open for you to book,” said executive tour guide Paul Jacek. “Yes, you can board the most haunted room on the ship… We’ve added it to the inventory… Won’t you join us?”

During a kick-off event on Friday the 13th, residents and visitors filled the decks and grounds where the highly anticipated festival is set to begin on Sept. 20.

“It just happens to be the perfect launching point for our spooky season,” said Dylan Matteson, Director of Experiences for the Queen Mary. “We’re one week away from Dark Harbor starting, where we got 30 days of our awesome, giant event out in the parking lot.”

Dark Harbor festivities will take place on the ship and surrounding harbor from 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on select nights until Nov. 2.

For more information and ticket purchasing, visit: www.darkharborhalloween.com.