Kendrick Lamar
A few weeks ago, a photo of Kendrick Lamar and Eminem in the studio hit the Internets. Soon after, the mere possibility of what their encounter could have produced sent fans over the edge. Today, the Compton wordsmith gave a better idea of how this meeting all went down in an interview with MTV.
Kanye West may have stole the show at Governors Ball Sunday night, but he wasn’t the only superstar to represent Hip-Hop at the annual festival. A day prior (June 8), rising star Kendrick Lamar and legendary Queensbridge native Nas took the stage at the jam packed Randall’s Island venue.
Kendrick Lamar is riding the success of “B**ch, Don’t Kill My Vibe” until the wheels fall off. His Jay-Z-assisted remix for his good kid, m.A.A.d city track has been a consistent fixture on radio since it dropped in March. Now, K. Dot returns with an international version of the song featuring Scottish songstress Emile Sandé.
With the overwhelming amount of Molly references currently infiltrating Hip-Hop music, Kendrick Lamar has had enough. The Compton rapper attached a visual addendum to his latest video, “B-tch Don’t Kill My Vibe,” respectfully requesting a “death to Molly.”
Black Hippy dropped a quick video to promote the U.S. leg of the “good kid, m.A.A.d city” summer tour late last night (May 22). Around 1:18 into the visual, there was a surprise in the form of a freestyle from the TDE collective. The beat of choice was Rocko’s “U.O.E.N.O.,” which Kendrick Lamar was rumored to have […]
Last week J. Cole launched BornSinner.com to house personal selected content each week leading up to the release of Born Sinner, due out June 25. After honoring his recently retired mother in the inaugural episode of the Born Sinner vlog series, the Roc Nation artist returns with this week’s installment featuring a friend and fellow prolific lyricist in Kendrick Lamar.
It’s May 2013, and Kendrick Lamar‘s debut, good kid, M.A.A.D. city is still getting heavy burn. As a reminder, today he drops the video for one of the critically acclaimed album’s strongest cuts, “B-tch Don’t Kill My Vibe.”
A dope rapper is a natural motivator. Kendrick Lamar made use of that trait by recently becoming principal for a day in Mount Pleasant High School in Providence, Rhode Island.
There maybe no hotter and simultaneously well respected MC in the game right now than Kendrick Lamar. The Compton rapper was recently featured in Interview magazine, where he gets asked questions by none other than Erykah Badu.
Indie powerhouse Downtown Records, known for delivering acts like Mos Def, Gnarls Barkley, Mos Def, Major Lazer, Santigold and many more, will be hosting the Downtown Music Festival May 10th-11th. The headliners this year will be none other than Black Hippy, the famed collective comprised of Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, and Jay Rock.
Rap songs with concepts, that are executed well, are a rarity nowadays. T.I. does just that on “Memories Back Then,” which features assistance from B.o.B., Kendrick Lamar and Kris Stephens.
Kendrick Lamar is taking the show on the road this summer on a whopping 60-date trek to be exact. The occasion, you ask? Well that would be the “good kid, m.A.A.d city” tour, which the Compton MC will set out on May 5 in West Palm Beach, Florida.