Sometimes you have the trends that's not that cool. You may have certain artists portraying these trends and don't really have that lifestyle, and then it gives off the wrong thing. And it becomes kinda corny after awhile. It's really about keeping hip-hop original and pushing away the corniness in it.
Kendrick LamarIt's a great, great experience to finally get the reception that you know you rightfully deserve.
Kendrick LamarK. Dot was a kid who was trying to find himself in music, finding trends, um, bending towards - ready to bend towards what the industry was telling me to do and after you mature at a certain time in your life, you come into your own...your own niche, your own personality, not only as an artist but as a person.
Kendrick LamarI started doing music when I was thirteen; I actually started writing my first rhymes.
Kendrick LamarGot 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.
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