Unfamiliar Genre: Kendrick Lamar
Project 4: Unfamiliar Genre
In the biography of "Kendrick Lamar biography," published by A&E Television Networks says Kendrick Lamar's full name is Kendrick Lamar Duckworth but his performed as just Kendrick Lamar. He was born in Compton, California, on June 17, 1987. His parents had moved from Chicago to stay away from gang activities even though his father was in a gang. Kendrick had been interested and involved in street activity and has been influenced by it. He attended Centennial high school and was a good student that loved writing poems, and lyrics. Kendrick's family had been directed by the violence of the streets and he had been an observer his whole life. He first started off with the name K-Dot and started to perform his own lyrics. When he had turned sixteen, he dropped a mixtape called Youngest Head Nigga in Charge and he drew a lot of attention in his local area of California. And from there he had begun his legacy.
In April 2017 Lamar released the album Damn which had the popular songs …show more content…
He had spoken about his loyalty in an interview with the breakfast club and said, “I’m loyal to the soil. At the end of the day, you want to always have real people around you. Period. Whether it’s male or female. Everybody that’s been around me, they’ve been around since day one.” And in his song “I” from his album To pimp a butterfly, he says “Well, this is my explanation straight from Ethiopia/N-E-G-U-S definition: royalty; King royalty – wait listen/N-E-G-U-S description: Black emperor, King, ruler, now let me finish/the history books overlook the word and hide It.” Some of his fans think the album “DAMN” is a continuation of To pimp a butterfly and he explains shallower of the meaning of loyalty with Rihanna in the song
In the biography of "Kendrick Lamar biography," published by A&E Television Networks says Kendrick Lamar's full name is Kendrick Lamar Duckworth but his performed as just Kendrick Lamar. He was born in Compton, California, on June 17, 1987. His parents had moved from Chicago to stay away from gang activities even though his father was in a gang. Kendrick had been interested and involved in street activity and has been influenced by it. He attended Centennial high school and was a good student that loved writing poems, and lyrics. Kendrick's family had been directed by the violence of the streets and he had been an observer his whole life. He first started off with the name K-Dot and started to perform his own lyrics. When he had turned sixteen, he dropped a mixtape called Youngest Head Nigga in Charge and he drew a lot of attention in his local area of California. And from there he had begun his legacy.
In April 2017 Lamar released the album Damn which had the popular songs …show more content…
He had spoken about his loyalty in an interview with the breakfast club and said, “I’m loyal to the soil. At the end of the day, you want to always have real people around you. Period. Whether it’s male or female. Everybody that’s been around me, they’ve been around since day one.” And in his song “I” from his album To pimp a butterfly, he says “Well, this is my explanation straight from Ethiopia/N-E-G-U-S definition: royalty; King royalty – wait listen/N-E-G-U-S description: Black emperor, King, ruler, now let me finish/the history books overlook the word and hide It.” Some of his fans think the album “DAMN” is a continuation of To pimp a butterfly and he explains shallower of the meaning of loyalty with Rihanna in the song