Sometimes you have the trends that's not that cool. You may have certain artists portraying these trends and don't really have that lifestyle, and then it gives off the wrong thing. And it becomes kinda corny after awhile. It's really… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
K. Dot was a kid who was trying to find himself in music, finding trends, um, bending towards - ready to bend towards what the industry was telling me to do and after you mature at a certain time in… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
I think that's why I put my energy into making music. That's how I get my thoughts out, instead of being crazy all the… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
Got in the studio at sixteen, [and] that's when I felt like I wanted to make this a career. I had a passion for… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
Black and brown pride have been taught in my household for a long time. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
Everybody has their own way of hearing songs. My fans are usually pretty on point. Sometimes they go all the way to the bottom… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
I don't really believe in the type of pressure that people are wanting to put on the type of music that I make. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
I've got an extra-specific story about Dr. Dre. I saw him when I was 9 years old in Compton - him and Tupac. They… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
Brother Kendrick Lamar: he's not a rapper, he's a writer, he's an author. And if you read between the lines, we'll learn how to… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
You can have the platinum album, but when you still feel like you haven't quite found your place in the world - it kind… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
My passion is bringing storylines around and constructing a full body of work rather than just a 16-bar verse. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
The message I'm sending to myself - I can't change the world until I change myself first. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
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