"I think I was put on this Earth just to do music."
He's a proud Compton native and the first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize. He's back performing at the Super Bowl. This is the life of Kendrick Lamar ...
He's a proud Compton native and the first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize. He's back performing at the Super Bowl. This is the life of Kendrick Lamar ...
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00:00In the state of just being a black man, I've been caught, you know, many things.
00:03I am a king, you know, no matter what you call me.
00:27Tell me a little bit about yourself, Kendrick.
00:30I'm 22. I was born and raised in Compton, California.
00:34Um, I love music. I think I was put on this earth just to do music.
01:00I was surrounded by music my whole life.
01:03I was raised on oldies and gangsta music.
01:06And my parents was the parents that loved to party, man.
01:18Three of my homeboys that summertime, yeah, was murdered.
01:22You still have to face realities of this.
01:23I got to get back off that tour bus and go to these funerals.
01:30It's something I can never forget, you know, from physically seeing them,
01:45to hearing them on record, to him applying himself in the community.
02:00You can't cause conflict or corrupt my spirit.
02:11Was the moment I've knew I've arrived.
02:13It's just not an introduction.
02:16He plays a beat and say right to it.
02:30It's like crack.
02:32When you first hear your vocals come out from speakers, man.
02:37And that's something I kept chasing.
02:39I wanted to keep hearing.
02:56The leadership.
02:58How can I use it?
02:59For better or for worse?
03:00With money and with my celebrity, how can I pimp it?
03:03Can I pimp it negatively or can I pimp it in a positive way?
03:30So tell us what this means to you.
03:48It's an honor.
03:48You know, I've been writing my whole life.
03:52So to get this type of recognition, it's beautiful.
04:00So I didn't want to put me in a boat.
04:14♪ Pray that the holy water don't go dry, yeah, yeah ♪
04:32Anybody can be a rapper.
04:33My little brother can put some words
04:34on the paper with that rhyme and call it a rap.
04:36This is not, you know, nothing to be reckoned with.
04:39This is a real art.
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