Got in the studio at sixteen, [and] that's when I felt like I wanted to make this a career. I had a passion for it.
Kendrick LamarI don't really believe in the type of pressure that people are wanting to put on the type of music that I make.
Kendrick LamarKids don't see hate in their eyes. They see the world, and living in it to the best of their abilities. And that's where love comes from for me.
Kendrick LamarI went to South Africa - Durban, Cape Town, Johannesburg - and those were definitely the "I've arrived" shows. Outside of the money, the success, the accolades ... This is a place that we, in urban communities, never dream of. We never dream of Africa. Like, "Damn, this is the motherland." You feel it as soon as you touch down. That moment changed my whole perspective on how to convey my art.
Kendrick Lamar