Rob Haskell’s “Heir” was originally published in the March 2015 “Vogue”.
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To learn about 27-year-old Compton bard Kendrick Lamar, you can consider his sixth birthday. “Large parties, small apartments, lots of toys,” Lamar explained in a soft, intentional rhythm that almost made him a mysterious air. “The kids are running around the house, cakes, ice cream, noon to six. Now it’s dark and the party is over. You leave the house on your new bike. You’re around the corner. Someone pulls it up with a shotgun, and then Open fire at the people next to you. There, happy birthday, you see your first murder.”
Lamar painted this grim picture as he began to darken Top Dawg Entertainment’s Los Angeles office at dusk, which gave him extraordinary creative freedom, leading to the record label in 2012 Good boy, Mad City– Now considered a hip-hop masterpiece – now he is unleashing new records that he can’t breathe. Lamar’s childhood Compton was filled with cracked cocaine gang violence, a world that evoked the world and was often fascinated by gangster rappers on the West Coast. But Lamar’s verses do different things: they provide ongoing comments from keen observers and reluctant participants. Of course, Lamar is tough, but he is also traumatized and is not afraid to show it.
“Raising at home is dangerous on the street,” he said of growing up. “Becoming a dreamer, but when I dream, back to reality, it gives me an advantage as an artist.”
Lamar has become a star in the two years since breaking through the album, and is evident in the hip-hop kingdom. “Kendrick’s verse belongs to a museum where sacred artifacts are exhibited,” Pharrell Williams said. However, it was felt that the crown does produce weight. Unlike his friend Kanye West, Lamar did not come naturally on his Yeezus tour where he served as the opening ceremony. He described himself as an introvert and admitted that he was surprised to find himself able to perform in front of the stadium crowd. Although Lamar has made nearly $10 million in recent twelve months, he still prefers the company of his long-time girlfriend Whitney Alford and in the thrift store he grew up with thrift store shopping. He said: “My mother caught something from there recently and when I wore them, people came up to me because of my celebrity and said, ‘Is that Alexander King?’ Transparent