Kendrick Lamar has been given the stamp of approval by a West Coast heavyweight.
Former CEO of West Coast record label, Death Row Records, Suge Knight said that Lamar embodied many of the things that the earlier West Coast rappers were famous for.
Speaking to Medium, he joined in with the buzz surrounding Kendrick and his lyrical talent.
"Kendrick is a dude that's an incredible artist. I'm not surprised because he's from Compton. He grew up in Compton, that's where he lived at, hung out at, and the guys he hangs with from his neighborhood, is p-folk. So there's no way it wouldn't rub off on him," he said.
"There's no way that his vision wouldn't be aggressive or that he wouldn't have the lyrics he has, if he didn't grow up there. Kendrick know, anybody from Compton, that's pretty much saying they're a Death Row artist. That's what they grew up to, that's what they know, that was the people they're involved with... they mimicked their stuff off of the blueprint I laid down. But Kendrick by far is one of them guys that they can't f*ck with. They can't f*ck with that boy lyrically and they better not sleep. Kendrick got a whole army behind him. He got real love out here."
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Former CEO of West Coast record label, Death Row Records, Suge Knight said that Lamar embodied many of the things that the earlier West Coast rappers were famous for.
Speaking to Medium, he joined in with the buzz surrounding Kendrick and his lyrical talent.
"Kendrick is a dude that's an incredible artist. I'm not surprised because he's from Compton. He grew up in Compton, that's where he lived at, hung out at, and the guys he hangs with from his neighborhood, is p-folk. So there's no way it wouldn't rub off on him," he said.
"There's no way that his vision wouldn't be aggressive or that he wouldn't have the lyrics he has, if he didn't grow up there. Kendrick know, anybody from Compton, that's pretty much saying they're a Death Row artist. That's what they grew up to, that's what they know, that was the people they're involved with... they mimicked their stuff off of the blueprint I laid down. But Kendrick by far is one of them guys that they can't f*ck with. They can't f*ck with that boy lyrically and they better not sleep. Kendrick got a whole army behind him. He got real love out here."
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