Nonsense. You're talking relative to Drake who is also just a different beast to everybody but Kendrick has pop level appeal.
I can name A LOT of pop acts who have shown Kendrick love and a lot
Kendrick is a worldwide superstar. His appeal has gone way past just Hip Hop fans.
You talking about appeal. I'm talking about the amount of people that actually listen to his music, all of it, and get
I could ask 10 people familiar with rap music in general what Cartoon and Cereal was about, what ADHD was about or what story he was telling on GKMC and maybe 2 out of 10 could answer.
I have these conversations with people all the time. The don't fukking get Kendrick Lamar. But almost all of them have heard "more life" a couple times.
The general public is not REALLY listening to k for like that. They know who he is, the may mention him because he's a huge figure in Hip Hop but they don't get it.
Drake is an artist that's going out of his way to appeal to almost everyone. kendricks albums, all 3 of them, are speaking directly to a generation of black America.
Since the argument is him "selling" (antiquated term) more than drake, it won't happen. Drake charting 10 + songs, Kendrick will not do that, and in the era of streaming. Having most of your album listened to by the masses makes you virtually unbeatable