My Hero: Kendrick Lamar

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My hero is Kendrick Lamar who is a rap artist. Kendrick Lamar first hit it big in 2010 after the release of the album “Overly Dedicated”. In the following year he released the album “Section.80”. By that time he had a lot of Internet followers and he used that platform to get his message across about how he feels about the world. He also made music with several famous artists in hip-hop including Busta Rhymes and Snoop Dogg. Kendrick Lamar made one of his biggest chart topping albums in 2012 titled “Good Kid M.A.A.D City” (my favorite). He made the Billboard top 200 and sold 242,000 copies in its first week. His hit songs were “Poetic Justice”, “Swimming Pools”, and Now or Never”. In 2015 He created arguably the greatest rap album ever titled

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