So Kendrick Lamar Was On The Set Of Cali Love?

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At the impressionable age of eight, Kendrick Lamar was on the set of Tupac Shakur’s video California Love, a moment that he says changed his life forever. As a Compton resident and member of the celebrated rap collective Black Hippy, Kendrick Lamar rhymes like he’s the lost son of N.W.A. However Lamar does not, by any means, resemble a “gangsta rapper,” but more specifically he’s a West Coast fusion of Tupac wit and Aceyalone pedigree. Section 80 is why we should listen closely to rap music.

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Kendrick Lamar was born and raised in Compton, California where he quickly became fond of hip hop music.At the age of eight, in 1995 Lamar witnessed his idols, Tupac and Dr. Dre film the music video for their single "California Love," a very significant moment in Lamar's life. In 2003 at the age of sixteen he released his first mixtape, Youngest Head Nigga In Charge under the name K. Dot.The mixtape was able to garner enough attention for Lamar to get a record deal with Top Dawg Entertainment. He then released a twenty-six track mixtape two years later titled Training Day. More recognition came Lamar's way after a video of a Charles Hamilton show surfaced, where Hamilton goes in the crowd and battles rappers at attendance. Lamar didn't hesitate and began rapping a verse over "Keep it Real", that would later appear on a track titled "West Coast Wu-Tang". In 2008 Lamar made a cameo appearance on Jay Rock's "All My Life (In the Ghetto)" music video. After receiving a co-sign from Lil Wayne, he released his third mixtape in 2009 titled C4, heavily themed around Tha Carter III LP.Soon after, he decided to drop his stage name K. Dot and go by his real name. This resulted in him releasing a self-titled EP; the Kendrick Lamar EP in late 2009