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Kendrick Lamar Biography

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987) is an American rapper and songwriter. Raised in Compton, California, Lamar embarked on his musical career as a teenager under the stage name K-Dot, releasing a mixtape that garnered local attention and led to his signing with indie record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE).

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I really focus on what my fans will take from it, people living their day-to-day lives. At the end of the day, the music isn't for me; it's for people who are going through their struggles and want to relate to someone who feels the same way they do. I've got to go all-in, expressing myself, right there in the moment.

Focus, People, Relate, Struggle, Way

The one in front of the gun lives forever

Forever, Front, Fronts, Gun

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

Green, Icons, Listening, Luther, Oldies

I always thought money was something just to make me happy. But I’ve learned that I feel better being able to help my folks, ’cause we never had nothing. So just to see them excited about my career is more of a blessing than me actually having it for myself.

Blessing, Careers, Feel Better, Happy, See

[Drizzy] reached out to me through Chase N Cashe, they're brothers, they're one. Chase N Cashe made the connection, played some of my music and he [Drake] got up on it, got interested in the music and just reached out and said "You know what, let's work. "

Brother, Connection, Connections, Made, Played, Said

[Drizzy] ,it was dope. A great experience, especially with the topic he was talking about and to be. . . organic. I'm glad that it worked out the way it did where I got to tell my story, tell his story at the same time. . . and actually have it make sense as far as the whole concept of the album.

Albums, Dope, Talking, Topic, Way

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 about keeping hip-hop original and pushing away the corniness in it.

Artist, Certain, Corny, Giving, Hip Hop, Lifestyle

Believe in God, it's only one God. F*** all that religion s***. Believe in one God, and do right. Try your best to do right, we ain't perfect. Just do that and everything will be straight.

Believe, Everything, Perfect, Trying

You really can't categorize my music, it's human music.

Categorize, Human, Humans, Music

God to me is love. It's the ruler of all things, whether it's with a person or with music or with your TV. I feel like it's this energy. God is energy, love is energy.

Energy, Like, Love, Love Is, Music, Tvs

You can't have people listen to you unless you come to their world and then bring them to yours.

Come, Listen, People, Unless, World

Don't you know your imperfections is a wonderful blessing, from heaven is where you got it from

Blessing, Heaven, Imperfection, Know, Rap, Wonderful

Look inside my soul and you can find gold and maybe get rich. Look inside of your soul and you can find out it never exists.

Exists, Hip Hop, Rap, Rich, Soul

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.

Flower, Mean, Poems, Poetic, Song, Writing

I live this life at a pace that anyone can go. Know your place, and dedicate your role. . . To the faith that you'll die alone

Alone, Faith, Hip Hop, Pace, Rap, Roles

It's a great, great experience to finally get the reception that you know you rightfully deserve.

Great Experiences, Know, Knows, Reception, Rightfully

Once I looked in the mirror and decided this is who I am, and I'm not scared of who I am, and I'm not scared that I can't be like you, and I'm good with just doing me, that's when I found myself, as a man.

Decided, Like, Men, Mirrors, Scared, Who I Am

The ultimate thing I want to do in making music is to be able to inspire somebody else.

Able, Inspire, Music, Somebody, Want

We all seem to stumble, planning our own demise, Getting the big picture, and making it wallet-sized.

Big, Demise, Hip Hop, Making, Planning, Rap

The thing about hip-hop is they always want to classify you as one particular artist, but hip-hop is about going outside the box and expressing yourself however you want to.

Artist, Box, Expressing, Hip Hop, Want

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