Kendrick Lamar Calls Taz Arnold ‘My Mount Rushmore of Style’

Though his sartorial choices are typically understated, Kendrick Lamar clearly appreciates bold style moves.

On Thursday night, K-Dot hit up Twitter to shout out his former collaborator Taz Arnold. The Compton rapper posted a series of Arnold’s fit pics in which he’s seen rocking everything from a bright orange Hermès scarf and a matching MCM leather cap to a pair of floral print jeans and brown cowboy boots to Louis Vuitton shades and a STÜSSY x Our Legacy x Denim Tears jacket.

“The westside original,” Kendrick wrote. “My mount rushmore of style.”

Kendrick has worked with Arnold on multiple projects, most notably his 2015 album To Pimp a Butterfly, on which Arnold was credited as a co-writer and producer. Though he’s well known for his music work, Arnold has also made a name for himself within the fashion world. The Los Angeles native has collaborated with MCM, consulted for Kanye West’s Pastelle clothing line, and appeared in the now-iconic Paris Fashion Week photo with Ye, Virgil Abloh, Don C, Fonzworth Bentley, and Chris Julian.

Arnold spoke about his influences in a 2009 interview with the Los Angeles Times.

“When I grew up, there was a hippie thing going on. At the same time, L.A. was a magnet for people who wanted to enjoy the weather,” he explained. “Berry Gordy moved Motown here, all the athletes who got money wanted to move here. I was soaking up the hippie, black consciousness, surf-beach aesthetic. My parents weren’t artists—my dad was a construction worker and my mother a manager at AT&T—but they made things like embroidered denim. My mom had magnetizing water, pyramids, rainbows and neon lights in the house. We had a lot of cats, and owls lived in our palm trees. It was like living in an aviary.”

Though his sartorial choices are typically understated, Kendrick Lamar clearly appreciates bold style moves.

On Thursday night, K-Dot hit up Twitter to shout out his former collaborator Taz Arnold. The Compton rapper posted a series of Arnold’s fit pics in which he’s seen rocking everything from a bright orange Hermès scarf and a matching MCM leather cap to a pair of floral print jeans and brown cowboy boots to Louis Vuitton shades and a STÜSSY x Our Legacy x Denim Tears jacket.

“The westside original,” Kendrick wrote. “My mount rushmore of style.”

Kendrick has worked with Arnold on multiple projects, most notably his 2015 album To Pimp a Butterfly, on which Arnold was credited as a co-writer and producer. Though he’s well known for his music work, Arnold has also made a name for himself within the fashion world. The Los Angeles native has collaborated with MCM, consulted for Kanye West’s Pastelle clothing line, and appeared in the now-iconic Paris Fashion Week photo with Ye, Virgil Abloh, Don C, Fonzworth Bentley, and Chris Julian.

Arnold spoke about his influences in a 2009 interview with the Los Angeles Times.

“When I grew up, there was a hippie thing going on. At the same time, L.A. was a magnet for people who wanted to enjoy the weather,” he explained. “Berry Gordy moved Motown here, all the athletes who got money wanted to move here. I was soaking up the hippie, black consciousness, surf-beach aesthetic. My parents weren’t artists—my dad was a construction worker and my mother a manager at AT&T—but they made things like embroidered denim. My mom had magnetizing water, pyramids, rainbows and neon lights in the house. We had a lot of cats, and owls lived in our palm trees. It was like living in an aviary.”