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Kendrick Lamar

(1987) Songwriter United States

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Kendrick Lamar is a songwriter from the United States, best known for Black panther.

Quick Facts About Kendrick Lamar

Born: June 17, 1987
Nationality: United States
Profession: Songwriter
Notable works: Black panther

About Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth is an American rapper and songwriter. Rooted in West Coast hip-hop, his music features conscious, introspective lyrics, with political criticism and social commentary concerning African-American culture. Music journalists have listed Lamar among the greatest rappers of all time. In 2018, he became the first musician outside of the classical and jazz genres to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Music.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Grammy Award for Record of the Year Grammy Award for Song of the Year Grammy Award for Best Rap Song Grammy Award for Best Rap Album Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance Pulitzer Prize for Music Grammy Award for Best Music Video BET Award for Best Collaboration

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BET Award for Best New Artist Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Program

Quotes by Kendrick Lamar · Page 3

I'm listening to a lot of oldies.A lot of Al Green, Marvin Gaye. Luther Vandross... they were some of my icons.

Als

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We're in the last days, man - I truly, in my heart, believe that. It's written. I could go on with biblical…

Believe

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I had to come from something, come from a place that was negative and positive but the majority of it is a…

Majority

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How am I influencing so many people on this stage rather than influencing the ones that I have back home?

Back home

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Toronto's one of my favourite places. If I were to move anywhere out of California, it would be Toronto. Definitely.

California

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The times that we are in, it's something that you can only feel in the air. You don't even have to talk…

Air

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Sometimes.... we hate people that love us and hate people that love us

Hate people

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Poetic justice, poetic justice.. if I told you that a flower bloom in a dark room would you trust it. I mean…

Blooming flower

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Found myself screaming in a hotel room. I didn't want to self-destruct.

Found

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My word will never be as strong as God's word. All I am is just a vessel, doing His work.

God

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Color don't tell if people Black. It's the soul.

Black

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I walk alone with a cross and a diamond stone. I'm a diamond inside the rough that's too mighty for maricons.

Walk Alone

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[ Drizzy] is a good dude , he's been looked out and reached out, and I admire the talent.

Admire

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Tupac, Biggie, Jay. Your usual suspects. These were the people that was played in my household.

Family

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I think my vice would be outdoing myself.

I think

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Build your own pyramids, write your own hieroglyphs.

Inspirational

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When I ask OGs why there's so much division in the streets, nobody never really knows. But you know one thing that…

Always

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Live my life through some film, man I ain't acting out shit, I be packing out shows cause' they know that they…

Life

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So I gotta get my point across like a snitch would and I would never walk in the shadow that never was…

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My mom's one of 13 siblings, and they all got six kids, and till I was 13 everybody was in Compton.

Compton

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If I can look at a 6-year-old and learn from him, that's life. That's God for me, that's inspiring.

Education

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Yes, my nigga, you're blessed. Take advantage, do your best, my nigga. Don't stress, you was granted everything inside this planet. Anything…

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I'm just writing, writing, writing. I keep these tablets on me until I'm inspired to go back in and make the music.…

Music

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Everybody, just clap your hands if your real. Middle finger up, give a fuck how they feel. Be yourself, just show that…

Middle finger

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It's a long time coming as far as the work that I put in. Now I know that I got the stamp…

Artist

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Kendrick Lamar by topic

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