Kendrick Lamar: A Child of Prince & 2Pac 

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Introspection is my take away from Kendrick’s music 🎶 ~U ~FEEL ~Crown ~Mother I Sober L.U.S.T That song songs like it’s Prince infused with Curtis Mayfield..

COUNT ME OUT ALRIGHT

Nothing, honestly....

How much a dollar costs

I think that show the world how much of rat drake is

Does he really think he has MJ reach? Wtf

👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽

@@carlyhyer8475 yep, said it several times. He wore the MJ glove several times as well.

2pacs family/estate considers Kendrick family. He's one of the very few who has any relationship/access to 2pac and his fam on a personal level these days. Talk about solidified in hip-hop and culture. Drake wishes.

nobody acts like that u have to be 5 years old to think that

I please the blood of Jesus on the minds who literally believed that.

@@AllTheArtsy or a OVHO fan

​@@AllTheArtsyDrake's fans lol They swear Kendrick wasn't that big brfore beefing with

​@@AllTheArtsyor maybe 2 years old 😂😂😂 Kendrick is literally a history maker, first Pulitzer award winner for rap, literacy scholar, mind blower. But most of all, he's consistent

They f legends

I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video + how you threaded the intersectionality between these artists!

@@coryjackson6944 thank you for this comment! It means a lot

Clicked on this video as soon as I saw Prince, Kendrick Lamar, and Tupac in the same thumbnail. I've been waiting for someone to delve into the Kendrick Lamar and Prince connection, especially. You see: Prince is my all-time favorite artist, musician, entertainer, etc.; I've been his biggest fan since I was 11, I own every album, I know his entire discography from front to back, I know a lot of his unreleased material too. As for Kendrick Lamar, he became my favorite rapper of all time after Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers dropped. Funny enough, I actually discovered K. Dot through Prince, specifically a live performance I happened to come across on RU-vid some time in 2015: it was of Prince playing with his all female band, Third Eye Girl, and the song was a lesser known deep cut only diehard Prince fans know about, called "What's My Name", only, it was modified to feature a rapper I'd never before seen or heard of, despite the fact that this same rapper, I'd soon find out, was already a household name, and his name was Kendrick Lamar. (Obviously, I wasn't paying too much attention to rap in the 2010's; I might as well had been living under a rock when it came to the genre). I'd come around soon enough though. It would take some years. I'd initially tried using DAMN. as a point of entry to Kendrick's catalog but I didn't quite take to that album. Fast forward to 2022 tho, and Mr. Morale is all I'm listening to for months on end, then I finally, eventually make my way to Kendrick's back catalog and now he's my favorite rapper of all time. Now, when it comes to Tupac, I grew up with his music, as my father and brother were his biggest fans and would blast his music in the house, but I never actually listened to him on my own and still don't to this day, however, I went to see Tupac: Resurrection when it hit theaters in the early 2000's and learned so much about him that I didn't know, such as his love and respect for Prince, which made me see Tupac in a different light and appreciate and understand him more than I ever did. Anyways, all this is to say, this is a topic I've been low-key waiting on someone to expound upon. How can this not be good? You've got yourself a sub just based on the topic alone. Thank you for this, and I'll probably edit in some afterthoughts on this comment once I'm done watching the video. Props to you. ✊

Exactly 💯...we can also add Lenny Kravitz...

Biggie, Andre 3000 and jadakiss too

Us Geminis are passionate and creative people!

@@ddhb223sfyn Ice Cube and Kanye too

This comment is the one.

To share the stage with an ICON like Prince, had to be mind-blowing for KDot. Salute 🫡

There will never be another pac or prince or kendrick

Kendrick is of the same ilk, come on now, give it up for the guy.

@@jovanreid6782 I expect one more album to be decent.

Mind Over Matter

Yeah he was also known for grooming his 14r yo step daughter while having full gaurdianship and marrying her. But Yall don't know nun bout Dah.

Same here. I actually discovered Kendrick because of Prince's performance with him. And one of my favorite Pac quotes is "Sometimes I be wanting to call up Prince, like, can we hang? Cuz I know he loves women like I love women."

Truth

@@ScanlessTV6 j Cole yeah but Drake not. Can't be an Emcee if you don't write your own rhymes.

Prince outlived Mike Jack. For all you dogs getting burried, that's the K(ing) with all these 9's (inferior), you gonna see pet semetary BAM!

​​@@MultiRani10 I think the k with all these nines was a reference to kendrick with nines (gun) and also k9 dogs, but you may be onto something too

@@reaper.-._.-._.-._.-. true, or an A(K) with all the 9mms (referring to the rest). Surely it's a well crafted quintuple entendre as we're used to by Kendrick. Hence why we love him

Wow this is a great comment thank you - it all worked out perfectly!

RIP 🕊

& R.I.P Brother 2Pac

​@@hiphopdxI honestly can't believe, how you can say with a straight face, that Kendrick is a child of Prince and Pac. I listened to your video, and Kendrick is nowhere near that level of originality and influence. He's totally overrated, in my opinion....

@@richardjohnson3638 he idolizes both, honestly I didn't know he was into Prince too but Kendrick is obsessed with Tupac, it's no secret.

@@YoungPadawan995 True enough, but the video implies that he is of equal importance, as to those other legends, and I totally disagree. Kendrick was lucky enough come out when Rap was at a low point, in terms of creativity and originality. He filled a void without any true competition. He's definitely overrated, in my opinion....

Peace God

Geminis the most creative artists

True statement

My daughter is a gemini and very true!! ❤

Yup. Prince was supposed to be on "Complexion". Too bad that that collab never came to fruition.

Thank you so much for the comment!!! Glad you liked the video

Thank you!!!! Appreciate your comment

Thank you!!

Thank you!

Lmao everyone in the comments are calling them geminis your not special

Yes!

Thank you!

Manifest that!

Keep going

@@hiphopdx everyday always this piece y’all put out was amazing !

@@Jl_alson roger that 🫡!!!!

Gemini creatives!!!

No coincidence.. just pure raw talent!

Yup they are amazing!

That's crazy. I bet you seen some wild stuff. I use to do close protection work, but no one as influential as Prince.

Big time!!!!