Fun fact Kendrick’s GNX outsold all Drakes 3 new albums! Even funner fact GNX and Not like us outsold Drakes last 4 albums combined! Kendrick’s 13 songs vs drakes 65 songs and Kendrick outstreamed him! That shit is pathetic! Someone lying about Drakes numbers on Spotify!
Rewatching these interviews and realizing he accomplished exactly what the original goal was makes you proud as a fan. He never switched up who he was for who his fans or critics wanted him to be. He stayed true to himself and the world either excepted it or they didn’t. 🤷🏽♀️ Accomplishing all that he has by just focusing on creating amazing bodies of work, staying to himself, and not dropping large volumes of bullshit which I’m sure a lot of you are waiting for. He proves y’all wrong Everytime y’all get on this internet and say what he isn’t capable of. That is what puts him at the top for me.
Argentinian journalist Leandro Domé named his son after Kendrick Lamar after meeting him on tour last year 🙏
“Kendrick Lamar: Music, Message, Legacy and Culture. And in my personal story, also a name that will live forever. ❤️🔥”
“His art goes far beyond hip-hop: his words, his story, his way of conveying emotions and turning music into a message that spans generations make him a unique artist.”
“I had the opportunity to meet him, a moment I will always treasure with great respect and admiration. But there's something even more personal that ties me to his legacy: my son is named after him. Kendrick Rakim Dome. A decision born out of love for this culture and admiration for an artist who left a deep imprint on my life.”
A$AP Rocky says he’s proud of Playboi Carti & believes the whole industry sounds like him now 👀
“I’m so proud of that guy for him to do what he saw me do with A$AP Mob and with AWGE, and now he has his own Opium thing, and now the whole industry sounds like an artist that derived from my nest. It’s a blessing, and we’re both simultaneously doing our thing. It’s just f–king weird, bro. It’s f–king dope as hell. I got mad love for that guy.”
(via Billboard)
“The last person that was universally liked was Kendrick Lamar, and now motherf**kers be making sh*t up to not like him.”
“If people like you, get ready, because they’re gonna not like you pretty f**king soon.”
- JPEGMAFIA via Call It A Day w/ Sarah K
This wave of rappers refusing to submit their music for Grammy consideration because their bitter over not winning in previous years is not only corny but feminine af.
This rap style sounds stupid the first time you hear it
But the moment you get used to it, it then sounds so cool and swaggy. One of the most creative flows ever made.
This really a New York kid , a product of NYC, u hear that city twang in his voice? That’s all Us , I am so proud to have him represent this city , he walk it like he talk it