Kendrick Lamar Makes New Friends
Compton rapper performs at New York's Gramercy Theater, discusses the idea of 'conscious rap'
Kendrick Lamar, Photo By Johnny Nunez/Getty
By Amos Barshad October 23, 2011 1:04 PM ET Kendrick Lamar, the ascendant Compton rapper, is in the basement of New York's Gramercy Theater, glad-handing. An organizer of Saturday’s show asks for a photograph, followed by a schlumpy dude in a baggy white hoodie, who makes sure to note that a purported mutual contact named Ronny is "the homey." A comely young lady. A guy doling out Twitter strategy advice. A lanky kid wearing his stage name, DJ Zeke, on his T-shirt, asks Kendrick to look into a video camera and identify Zeke as "the shining star of New York City." Throughout, Lamar is unfailingly sociable. Read more
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By Amos Barshad October 23, 2011 1:04 PM ET Kendrick Lamar, the ascendant Compton rapper, is in the basement of New York's Gramercy Theater, glad-handing. An organizer of Saturday’s show asks for a photograph, followed by a schlumpy dude in a baggy white hoodie, who makes sure to note that a purported mutual contact named Ronny is "the homey." A comely young lady. A guy doling out Twitter strategy advice. A lanky kid wearing his stage name, DJ Zeke, on his T-shirt, asks Kendrick to look into a video camera and identify Zeke as "the shining star of New York City." Throughout, Lamar is unfailingly sociable. Read more
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