Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, known as Kendrick Lamar, is an American rapper from Compton, California. Lamar embarked on his musical career as a teenager under the moniker K-Dot, releasing a mixtape that garnered local attention and led to his signing with Carson-based indie record label Top Dawg Entertainment. Lamar began to gain major recognition in 2010, after his first retail release, Overly Dedicated. The following year, he released the independent album Section.80, which included Lamar's debut single, "HiiiPoWeR". By that time,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth17 June 1987
CityCompton, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Let bygones be bygones...but where I'm from, We buy guns and more guns, to give to the young.
I'm Machiavelli's offspring, I'm the king of New York, king of the coast, one hand, I juggle them both.
I penetrate the hearts of good kids and criminals
As long as my music is real, it's no limit to how many ears I can grab.
Groups break up because they never got across what they wanted to do personally, and they have creative differences, and egos start to clash.
I always felt like there was a certain standard of music that I had to do from the beginning, even when I didn't have the recognition that I have now.
Poetic justice, poetic justice.. if I told you that a flower bloom in a dark room would you trust it. I mean I write poems in these songs.
My mom's one of 13 siblings, and they all got six kids, and till I was 13 everybody was in Compton.
Found myself screaming in a hotel room. I didn't want to self-destruct.
I was raised inside the gang culture.
It's deep-rooted, the music of being young and dumb, It's never muted, in fact, it's much louder where I'm from.
Teenagers expressing this on a daily basis in the middle of the streets - you can't help but believe we are in the mind state of taking our losses and changing people's perceptions of us and our community. We are strong. Our families are tired of being hurt.
I see conflict. But the conflict is what makes it relatable. I'm conflicted; you're conflicted. I'm not perfect - nobody is. I'm just blessed to be able to express my conflict through song.
There's a lot of other artists doing things outside of that depth that I enjoy - that music that I can actually have fun to, and not be in depth and think about, then I appreciate that.