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Kendrick Lamar Talks Motivation & Legacy in GRAMMY Interview

Recently, Kendrick Lamar visited the Village Studios in Los Angeles to participate in an exclusive

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Recently, Kendrick Lamar visited the Village Studios in Los Angeles to participate in an exclusive GRAMMY.com interview, which is dissected into 10 one-minute clips. The Compton emcee touches upon subjects like the meaning behind his platinum-blessed debut album good kid, m.A.A.d city, motivation, turning tragedy into art, the legacy he hopes to leave as an artist, maintaining focus, the influences of Dr. Dre and Tupac Shakur, and some more. Definitely one of the more up close and personal conversations with K. Dot to date. Watch all ten segments below.










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