Kendrick Lamar: “I Can’t Change the World Until I Change Myself First”.
Closing out his crowning year, Kendrick Lamar sits down with NPR for one of his realest interviews yet. During the brief yet powerful conversation, K. Dot opens up about the harsh realities of growing up in Compton, including witnessing his first murder as a child, struggling to “find his place” in the world since becoming famous, and the recent death of a close friend. He also explains the very honest self-reflection behind two of the most powerful tracks on To Pimp a Butterfly, “u” and “The Blacker The Berry.”
On being “the biggest hypocrite of 2015″:
The message I’m sending to myself: I can’t change the world until I change myself first. For instance, when [my close friend] Chad was killed, I can’t disregard the emotion of me relapsing and feeling the same anger that I felt when I was 16, 17… when I wanted the next family to hurt because you made my family hurt. Whether I’m a rap star or not, if I still feel like that, I’m part of the problem rather than the solution.
Listen to the interview below…
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