“Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, who performs as Kendrick Lamar, was born in Compton, California, on June 17, 1987.”(Biography.com, 2016) “Kendrick Lamar is an award-winning rapper and songwriter best known for his innovative take on life in Southern California as well as for his affiliation with rap star and super-producer Dr. Dre.” (Biography.com, 2016) Kendrick Lamar is quickly becoming one of the most exciting rappers in today’s entertainment world. Like many other known rappers Kendrick Lamar came from a negative and struggling beginning, to a life of money and fame. Not only is he paving his own way in the music industry he is paving a way for many other up and coming young artists. Throughout his rise to fame Kendrick has yet to become the
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Dre. This became his major breakthrough into his ever growing music career. This introduction into the rap world was all he needed to flourish into a life of encouragement and dreams for others to follow. Kendrick’s first record was released in 2011, following with one in 2012, 2015, and 2016. “In March 2016, Lamar released untitled unmastered, a compilation of tracks that were unfinished demos for To Pimp a Butterfly.” (Biography,2016) During his short time in the spotlight Kendrick has risen to the top with 43 music awards and 123 nominations. Among the rapper with the most numbers of nominations in one night to date. (Bornrich,2016) With a successful and rising career Kendrick Lamar has a current “net worth is estimated at $14 million” and currently growing as he produces more music.(Bornrich,2016) With the amount fans and ongrowing music produced Kendrick will quickly exceed this networth each year. The Los Angeles Times predict for him to continue to take over the rap game and far exceed expectation for the once unknown rapper from the …show more content…
Especially coming from a world of poverty, it gives hope to those in similar situations. There are so many kids living in situations of struggle and poverty who have no hope, hearing stories such as Kendrick’s can make a huge difference to them. Majority of the time society just sees the famous as rich and spending money on outrageous things constantly. To see someone not letting the money control their life and flashing it around like it is nothing to anyone. This makes them look unrealistic to society and not a solid role model to take advice
Dre. This became his major breakthrough into his ever growing music career. This introduction into the rap world was all he needed to flourish into a life of encouragement and dreams for others to follow. Kendrick’s first record was released in 2011, following with one in 2012, 2015, and 2016. “In March 2016, Lamar released untitled unmastered, a compilation of tracks that were unfinished demos for To Pimp a Butterfly.” (Biography,2016) During his short time in the spotlight Kendrick has risen to the top with 43 music awards and 123 nominations. Among the rapper with the most numbers of nominations in one night to date. (Bornrich,2016) With a successful and rising career Kendrick Lamar has a current “net worth is estimated at $14 million” and currently growing as he produces more music.(Bornrich,2016) With the amount fans and ongrowing music produced Kendrick will quickly exceed this networth each year. The Los Angeles Times predict for him to continue to take over the rap game and far exceed expectation for the once unknown rapper from the …show more content…
Especially coming from a world of poverty, it gives hope to those in similar situations. There are so many kids living in situations of struggle and poverty who have no hope, hearing stories such as Kendrick’s can make a huge difference to them. Majority of the time society just sees the famous as rich and spending money on outrageous things constantly. To see someone not letting the money control their life and flashing it around like it is nothing to anyone. This makes them look unrealistic to society and not a solid role model to take advice