Who Is Kendrick Lamar's Identity?

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Whether it’s activities you enjoy doing or your hopes and aspirations in life to your deepest darkest secrets or phobias no one else is allowed to know; a lot of things contribute to building one’s identity. Your identity can be discovered through understanding yourself. Kendrick Lamar, a conscious rapper, is a big advocate for expressing himself through his music. From reminiscing about the life of gang violence and gun life he narrowly escaped on songs like “M.A.A.D City” on his second studio album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City to exploring his deepest insecurities that come with the fame and success he’s reached on songs like “u” on his third studio album To Pimp a Butterfly. Kendrick does not have a hard time exploring his emotions and expressing them in the form of music. His latest record DAMN was released earlier this year on April 14th, 2017. DAMN was Kendricks most discoherent album to date as it featured a lineup that contradicted each other in terms of chronological order. Due to it’s contradicting characteristics, the album can be divided into two: “The Saved Man” and “The Damned Man”. In the concept album DAMN by artist Kendrick Lamar, he …show more content…

To make the world a better place? Or to selfishly abuse what God has given us. Kendrick explores this idea with the song DNA. He explores the thoughts of a man who questions his purpose in the world. The man is confused about his contradicting emotions, “Sex, Money, Murder” vs “Loyalty” and “Royalty”.He’s considering if he should conform to the social expectations of a black man: To pick a side between the Piru Bloods vs the Crips and engage in criminal activity. All the decisions he is faced with is certainly taking a toll on the man, he wants to understand himself, figure out his fate. Ultimately the man decides to stray from the stereotype bestowed upon him from the media. Following the words of God and learning to love

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