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Kendrick Lamar

Profession : Musician

Birth : June 17, 1987

It's a great, great experience to finally get the reception that you know you rightfully deserve.

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God to me is love.

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I always thought money was something just to make me happy. But I've learned that I feel better being able to help my folks, 'cause we never had nothing. So just to see them excited about my career is more of a blessing than me actually having it for myself.

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People have to go through trials and tribulations to get where they at. Do your thing - continue to rock it - because obviously, God wants you here.

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My word will never be as strong as God's word. All I am is just a vessel, doing His work.

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I got a greater purpose. God put something in my heart to get across, and that's what I'm going to focus on, using my voice as an instrument and doing what needs to be done.

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Being acknowledged for your work is always a great accomplishment, whether it's people in my city, kids in the street, all the way up to the Grammys.

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The worst part of success is, to me, adapting to it. It's scary.

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I look at where I'm at today and realize that most of my success is owed to the mentors that was in my life.

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As a kid from Compton, you can get all the success in the world and still question your worth.

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I'm only as good as my last word, my last hook, my last bridge.

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My pops and my mom started playing Marvin Gaye and the Isley Brothers and all these people, but at the same time, they always had Snoop on right behind it in the same mix.

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My mom's one of 13 siblings, and they all got six kids, and till I was 13 everybody was in Compton.

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As long as my music is real, it's no limit to how many ears I can grab.

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I'm just writing, writing, writing. I keep these tablets on me until I'm inspired to go back in and make the music. I never take a break from my pen, because I pride myself on that.

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Whenever I make music, it reflects where I'm at mentally.

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I used to consider the listener. But now I'm in a space where, if I'm not inspired, I can't really do the music. I can't feel it.

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I'm putting out this free music, constantly putting it out.

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Sometimes you have the trends that's not that cool. You may have certain artists portraying these trends and don't really have that lifestyle, and then it gives off the wrong thing. And it becomes kinda corny after awhile. It's really about keeping hip-hop original and pushing away the corniness in it.

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I had to come from something, come from a place that was negative and positive but the majority of it is a negative place.

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