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Kendrick Lamar had high aspirations for his “We Cry Together” short film, which co-stars his collaborator on the track, Zola star Taylour Paige.In an interview with Variety on the topic of the visual’s chances in the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film category, Lamar spoke about his intentions behind the impactful release. “It challenged me to actually live in what I was writing, and really be there and be present with Taylour,” Kendrick said. “And I remember us going back and forth and feeling like, damn, I…

DaBaby isn’t shy when it comes to boasting about his rapping ability.During a recent appearance on My Expert Opinion with Math Hoffa, the North Carolina rapper argued that his mic skills are on the same level as all-time greats such as Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, and J. Cole.“If I don’t feel like you know nothing about this shit, I’m not about to try and exploit my real life anyways, I’m just doing me,” DaBaby explained. “So when it come to like pain or anything that affects me or effects somebody I love I couldn’t dealt…

Kendrick Lamar has dropped the stripped-back video for “Rich Spirit.”Directed by Calmatic, the video stars K Dot as he dances around a barren home. It’s every bit as minimal as the song itself, which appeared on his Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers album. The clip is the third video in support of the critically acclaimed project, following “N95” and the short film for “We Cry Together” starring Taylour Paige.This story is being updated. Kendrick Lamar has dropped the stripped-back video for “Rich Spirit.”Directed by…

Every year, The Recording Academy provokes, honor and incites conversation amongst artists and music heads alike with the release of their nominations list ahead of the holidays. This year was no different.Surprises—good and bad—were sprinkled across the Grammys’ 91 categories. It was a delight to see GloRilla hold a place in the Best Rap Performance category less than a year into her rise for the ever-popular song of the summer “F.N.F (Let’s Go).” Meanwhile, Steve Lacy, who was rightfully nominated in the Record of the…

Kendrick Lamar has joined forces for articles of clothing made with designer Martine Rose.The Compton rapper took to Instagram on Monday to showcase the pieces while revealing that teaming up with Rose is something he had on his bucket list. Lamar captured the mood surrounding the pair’s new collaboration with a series of images that includes photos of Eazy-E, Tupac, and the Compton Cowboys, alongside images of the merch.While working with Kendrick on his Big Steppers Tour, Rose’s products include a jacket embroidered…

It’s not much mentioned any more, but, like the ancient Greeks’ concept of the universe, hip-hop culture comprises four elements. Instead of fire, air, water and earth, hip-hop has rapping, DJing, breakdancing and graffiti. Over the years, rap has blotted out the other three, while a potent combination of laziness and cupidity means most rappers are content to coast on personality and perceived authenticity, rather than attempt to elevate the art form to undreamed-of heights.Innovation is now largely the preserve of…

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Kendrick Lamar’s sold-out Big Steppers Tour stop at Accor Arena in Paris is being livestreamed via Amazon Music and Prime Video on Saturday.Stream the show here. “As a kid from the west side of Compton, hearing good kid, m.A.A.d city for the first time and seeing Kendrick’s journey from neighborhood hero to global superstar ignited a fire in me that I’m forever grateful for,” Tim Hinshaw, Amazon Music’s head of R&B and hip-hop, said in a statement released ahead of Saturday’s show. “It showed me that no matter where…

When it comes to live shows, Kendrick Lamar has always faced an uphill battle. He isn’t Drake, who breezes through each stadium gig as if it’s just another party on a seemingly endless Ibiza holiday, and he isn’t Kanye West, who is so brilliantly facetious that he based one of his tours on Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain. Lamar is far more human than any stars of a similar wattage, and his music – rap records that are ornate bordering on ornery, so poetic and literary that he won a Pulitzer for 2017’s Damn – doesn’t…

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…