“I've got an extra-specific story about Dr. Dre. I saw him when I was 9 years old in Compton - him and Tupac. They were shooting the second 'California Love' video. My pops had seen him and ran back to the house and got me, put me on his neck, and we stood there watching Dre and Pac in a Bentley.”

American rapper and songwriter

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth is an American rapper and songwriter. Emerging from the West Coast hip-hop scene, he has built a career around sharp, reflective writing and music that often carries political criticism and social commentary about African-American culture. His work is known for combining personal introspection with broader social concerns, which has made him a major figure in contemporary rap. Music journalists have listed him among the greatest rappers of all time. In 2018, he became the first musician outside classical and jazz to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Music.