Everybody has their own way of hearing songs. My fans are usually pretty on point. Sometimes they go all the way to the bottom of it. It's fascinating to me how far an idea can go. I wrote most of my first album in my mom's kitchen, and now I can go around the world and hear people recite those lyrics, and understand the story, even though they're not from the same area I grew up in.
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.
Kendrick LamarToronto's one of my favourite places. If I were to move anywhere out of California, it would be Toronto. Definitely.
Kendrick LamarMy grandma always said, "Where there's a will, there's a way." I think it's just naturally in our DNA to be able to survive. We was always taught that: to survive. When you talking about slavery, it's to survive.
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