Kendrick Lamar explains the balance between staying true to lyricism and achieving mainstream success:
"The vision wasn't entering the mainstream. The vision was having the mainstream come to our world."
Kendrick also shares his views on the term "Conscious MC."
splash!🎥
When David Mashabela tried to diplomatically tell Julius Malema to read the mind of an average South African voter on the illegal migration issue, Juju lectured all of us about a grade 11 geography topic on globalisation. King David really tried shame, Juju just refused to listen. 😂🙆🏾🚩
Isaiah Rashad says Kendrick Lamar once told him his writing was too hard to understand:
“Nobody gonna understand what the f–k you’re saying. It’s too puzzle-y.”
Isaiah admits he took it as an insult for a long time, but says he’s now “better at writing it out plain.”:
"I was like 'F–k this guy.' But with this project, I be lookin’ for change in everything... I’m just tryna stop writing in hieroglyphics."
(via @calebcat23 / Billboard)