Kendrick Lamar 's video does not fall under commercial rap. Like said in the previous paragraph the idea of rap and commercial rap promotes violence, misogamy, disrespect towards others, and violates the levels of love that bell hook has written about. Some might say the idea of the police carrying Kendrick in the car can show a sign of disrespect towards men and women in uniform, may have an argument. However, Kendrick is not attempting to be disrespectful towards police, but it is not the message he is going for. He is still trying to bring up police brutality. In my own view it is showing that even the idea of police struggling to car Kendrick in a car does not add up to the five hundred plus years that Black 's have faced. The only way this video could be considered commercial rap would be to change that community that is dancing and singing with Kendrick Lamar to fight against one another, or to fight against police. Nothing in this video is commercial rap, if it was the message would not be positive. In all reality not only would the video change but the lyrics themselves would change if it was trying to fit the commercial rap image. Even Kendrick Lamar knows what he would fall into if this song became commercial rap. "What you want you: a house or a car?/40 acres and a mule?/ A piano, a guitar?/Anything, see my name is Lucy, I 'm your dog/ Motherfucker, you can live at the mall." The idea to give into this rap to get anything he wants. But he does not, he goes against those ideas to send out a different
Kendrick Lamar 's video does not fall under commercial rap. Like said in the previous paragraph the idea of rap and commercial rap promotes violence, misogamy, disrespect towards others, and violates the levels of love that bell hook has written about. Some might say the idea of the police carrying Kendrick in the car can show a sign of disrespect towards men and women in uniform, may have an argument. However, Kendrick is not attempting to be disrespectful towards police, but it is not the message he is going for. He is still trying to bring up police brutality. In my own view it is showing that even the idea of police struggling to car Kendrick in a car does not add up to the five hundred plus years that Black 's have faced. The only way this video could be considered commercial rap would be to change that community that is dancing and singing with Kendrick Lamar to fight against one another, or to fight against police. Nothing in this video is commercial rap, if it was the message would not be positive. In all reality not only would the video change but the lyrics themselves would change if it was trying to fit the commercial rap image. Even Kendrick Lamar knows what he would fall into if this song became commercial rap. "What you want you: a house or a car?/40 acres and a mule?/ A piano, a guitar?/Anything, see my name is Lucy, I 'm your dog/ Motherfucker, you can live at the mall." The idea to give into this rap to get anything he wants. But he does not, he goes against those ideas to send out a different