“The Blacker The Berry” was the single that won fans back to Kendrick Lamar‘s side after many were disappointed with “i.” It’s also the center of a lawsuit, according to Hot New Hop-Hop. The artwork — a stark black-and-white image of a mother breastfeeding two children — belongs to Giordano Cipriani and he’s accusing Lamar of using it without […]
Kendrick Lamar‘s altruistic message extends past To Pimp A Butterfly and the videos. It also applies to endorsements deals. Lamar is using the Reebok Ventilator to promote gang unity. The suede kicks features a red-and-white colorway for the right shoe and blue-and-white for the left to correspond to the blood and crips. The tongues feature Kendrick Lamar’s name […]
Waka Flocka Flame took to Twitter late last week (July 4) to reveal that he wasn’t a fan of Kendrick Lamar’s latest album, To Pimp A Butterfly, when it was first released. Despite his initial reactions to the largely acclaimed project, Waka Flocka Flame now admits that he can’t stop repeating some of the album’s […]
Kendrick Lamar isn’t the most TMZ-friendly artist around. He’s the type to duck paparazzi and doesn’t ignite the rumor-mill with public relationship woes or extravagant purchases. Instead, he makes statements. At the BET Awards he performed from atop a vandalized police cruiser with the American flag waving in the background. His video for “Alright” brought the […]
What won’t Fox News say to make itself look dumb? In its latest, on the network’s The Five, the show touched on Kendrick Lamar‘s performance at the BET Awards this past Sunday saying it stirred up violence. Lamar opened the show with “Alright,” a song which boasts lyrics of police brutality, while standing on a cop car […]
Kendrick Lamar fortunately didn’t succumb to the violence surrounding him during his formative years in Compton: the children tainted by violence, trigger-happy policemen, the overall sense of hopelessness. He’s here, and compared to what could’ve been, he’s “Alright.” The To Pimp A Butterfly highlight finally has a fitting video. The black-and-white visual is a trip. We move from urban […]
Kendrick Lamar just jumped on the remix of Jidenna‘s “Classic Man,” a cut that might become the song of the summer. And while Lamar isn’t the typical “classic man” Jidenna raps about on his song, lyrics like “I got key to my city/I got key to California/I might legalize your homicide and mourn marijuana” he […]
At its core, To Pimp A Butterfly is an album focused on black empowerment. However, it’s a dense album — from its themes to its conception. Kendrick Lamar still has to explain it months after the release, and this time, it’s with The Guardian. Lamar talks about the album at length in the interview. He concedes TPAB is a dense listen: “I know […]
It made sense that Summer Jam 2015 took place at MetLife Stadium this year. At its peak, it was kind of like the Giants. Even though their home is New Jersey, they’re all New York. That’s an aspect that’s been a crutch for Hot 97. The station’s best on-air personalities (Angie Martinez, Mister Cee, […]
Kendrick Lamar headlined the annual Sweetlife Festival in Maryland last night and kept up his recent tradition of inviting a fan onstage to rap along with him. When time came for the “fan-turned-hypeman” moment during last night’s show, Lamar invited the CEO of the company putting the festival on to help him out. As it turns […]
Kendrick Lamar stopped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show last night (May 27) to perform a rendition of “These Walls” off his sophomore studio album, To Pimp A Butterfly. Akin to most of Lamar’s live acts, this one was more than just a man and a microphone. During the performance, a couple dressed in all white danced […]
Fans of both Kendrick Lamar and Lady Gaga will remember that the two artists teamed up around three years ago for a collaboration on K. Dot’s debut studio album, good Kid, m.A.A.d city. Unfortunately, the material they created got shelved and didn’t make it onto GKMC’s final tracklisting, with Gaga citing “creative differences with Lamar’s […]
