Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987), professionally known as Kend… Read Full Bio ↴Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987), professionally known as Kendrick Lamar, is a rapper from Compton, California. He is also a member of the hip-hop supergroup Black Hippy collective along with members Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, and Schoolboy Q. His music is largely influenced by the works of 2Pac, Jay-Z, Nas, DMX, The Notorious B.I.G., Mos Def, Eazy-E and Eminem.
He began to gain major recognition in 2010 after his first retail release, Overly Dedicated. The following year, Lamar independently released his first studio album Section.80, which included his debut single, "HiiiPoWeR" which was produced by J. Cole. By that time, he had amassed a large Internet following and collaborated with several artists in the hip-hop industry, including The Game, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Lil Wayne and Drake.
Lamar secured a major-label record deal with Aftermath and Interscope Records, in 2012. His major-label debut, good kid, m.A.A.d city, was released in October 2012 to critical success. The record contained the top 40 singles "Swimming Pools (Drank)", "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe", and "Poetic Justice". It debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Lamar won his first Grammy Award for "i", the lead single from his critically acclaimed third album To Pimp a Butterfly (2015). The album drew on free jazz, funk, soul, and spoken word debuted atop the charts in the U.S. and the UK, and won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 58th ceremony. In 2016, Lamar released untitled unmastered., a collection of unreleased demos that originated during the recording sessions for Butterfly.
Lamar has received several accolades throughout his career, including seven Grammy Awards. In early 2013, MTV named Lamar the number one "Hottest MC in the Game", on their annual list. Time named Lamar one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016.
Lamar's fourth album, DAMN. was released on April 17, 2017, to widespread critical acclaim. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, earning Lamar his third consecutive number-one album in the United States. The album was supported by the lead single, "Humble.". Lamar won the Pulitzer Prize for DAMN.
Lamar's fifth album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers was released on May 13, 2022, his first album in five years.
He began to gain major recognition in 2010 after his first retail release, Overly Dedicated. The following year, Lamar independently released his first studio album Section.80, which included his debut single, "HiiiPoWeR" which was produced by J. Cole. By that time, he had amassed a large Internet following and collaborated with several artists in the hip-hop industry, including The Game, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Lil Wayne and Drake.
Lamar secured a major-label record deal with Aftermath and Interscope Records, in 2012. His major-label debut, good kid, m.A.A.d city, was released in October 2012 to critical success. The record contained the top 40 singles "Swimming Pools (Drank)", "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe", and "Poetic Justice". It debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Lamar won his first Grammy Award for "i", the lead single from his critically acclaimed third album To Pimp a Butterfly (2015). The album drew on free jazz, funk, soul, and spoken word debuted atop the charts in the U.S. and the UK, and won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 58th ceremony. In 2016, Lamar released untitled unmastered., a collection of unreleased demos that originated during the recording sessions for Butterfly.
Lamar has received several accolades throughout his career, including seven Grammy Awards. In early 2013, MTV named Lamar the number one "Hottest MC in the Game", on their annual list. Time named Lamar one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016.
Lamar's fourth album, DAMN. was released on April 17, 2017, to widespread critical acclaim. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, earning Lamar his third consecutive number-one album in the United States. The album was supported by the lead single, "Humble.". Lamar won the Pulitzer Prize for DAMN.
Lamar's fifth album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers was released on May 13, 2022, his first album in five years.
Imagine
Kendrick Lamar Lyrics
Sit's on a studio couch
What the fuck am I thinking about?
Thinking bout living without
Past, present Dr dre
I tripped off 600 seconds 10 minutes exact
Explore, George what I'm curious for
Like what if Pac never to get
Them shots through the door?
They say Suge did it
But he was in imerginsy clinic
Get someone else killed
But in the process get don't make sence
It's like the code
Tryna solve the crime of these rap souls
What if Big never did it big?
Never went to LA, would've made my flow more
Was fucking with Hov
If it wasn't personal, if Jay wasn't intemet
Probably be less people listening
Thinking it's a poblisity stunt
What if he partnered with Jay?
Still didn't pull over
Nothing different, quite similar
My copasity
Thinking about Martin Luther on the balkany
What if the shooter what if
Malcolm on his side?
Kill 2 birds with 1 stone, both would've died
Now let's rewind
Imagine can you imagine?
In the sky can you imagine?
Imagine if Tooky was a Blood? No disrespect
There'd b more Bloods than Crips
Dominating the population of LA
Orange County, the vally
Imagine if we didn't really
Start this gangsta shit
Y'all wouldn't have nothing to spit
No drive byes, no flags hanging out pockets
Just rapping like Crush Crew
Perseption walking be alive
Or would he have been lost
His life to the streets?
Not to mention, no cars in that driveway
What if Freeway Rick never was a kingpin?
On this LA strip with these rap niggas
What if rap niggas never had rap?
Ass backwards
Now these rappers getting caught with
The cocaine, to smoke, not to slang
Imagine that, people not knowing that these
Rap niggas is insane just think about it
Imagine can you imagine?
In the sky can you imagine?
Imagine life without death
Would you even feel alive?
What if they never died?
Imagine seeing your mom cry
Tears of happiness
Knowing her son safe and she ain't
Lose him to this maddness
A street living with a crack epodemic
Never reached the projects
They destroyed our buildings
Turned most of us to killers, inesent victoms
Imagine if didn't effect our systom
They say drug money funded labels today
What about the drug money
That's funding the CIA?
Imagine if they would try
To fix these streets would they start in the
Hood? Or executive sweets?
Where the real criminals meet
And principle beef
You could possibly live without heat
Imagine if Al Gore had won that election
The twin tower buildings still standing
Imagine without wittness protection
Would it be this many cowards
On the stand telling?
I don't know, I'm just speaking my mind
Lost in my own soul, let's press rewind
Imagine
What the fuck am I thinking about?
Thinking bout living without
Past, present Dr dre
I tripped off 600 seconds 10 minutes exact
Explore, George what I'm curious for
Like what if Pac never to get
Them shots through the door?
They say Suge did it
But he was in imerginsy clinic
But in the process get don't make sence
It's like the code
Tryna solve the crime of these rap souls
What if Big never did it big?
Never went to LA, would've made my flow more
Was fucking with Hov
If it wasn't personal, if Jay wasn't intemet
Probably be less people listening
Thinking it's a poblisity stunt
What if he partnered with Jay?
Still didn't pull over
Nothing different, quite similar
My copasity
Thinking about Martin Luther on the balkany
What if the shooter what if
Malcolm on his side?
Kill 2 birds with 1 stone, both would've died
Now let's rewind
Imagine can you imagine?
In the sky can you imagine?
Imagine if Tooky was a Blood? No disrespect
There'd b more Bloods than Crips
Dominating the population of LA
Orange County, the vally
Imagine if we didn't really
Start this gangsta shit
Y'all wouldn't have nothing to spit
No drive byes, no flags hanging out pockets
Just rapping like Crush Crew
Perseption walking be alive
Or would he have been lost
His life to the streets?
Not to mention, no cars in that driveway
What if Freeway Rick never was a kingpin?
On this LA strip with these rap niggas
What if rap niggas never had rap?
Ass backwards
Now these rappers getting caught with
The cocaine, to smoke, not to slang
Imagine that, people not knowing that these
Rap niggas is insane just think about it
Imagine can you imagine?
In the sky can you imagine?
Imagine life without death
Would you even feel alive?
What if they never died?
Imagine seeing your mom cry
Tears of happiness
Knowing her son safe and she ain't
Lose him to this maddness
A street living with a crack epodemic
Never reached the projects
They destroyed our buildings
Turned most of us to killers, inesent victoms
Imagine if didn't effect our systom
They say drug money funded labels today
What about the drug money
That's funding the CIA?
Imagine if they would try
To fix these streets would they start in the
Hood? Or executive sweets?
Where the real criminals meet
And principle beef
You could possibly live without heat
Imagine if Al Gore had won that election
The twin tower buildings still standing
Imagine without wittness protection
Would it be this many cowards
On the stand telling?
I don't know, I'm just speaking my mind
Lost in my own soul, let's press rewind
Imagine
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