This“smart,confident,andnecessary“(SheaSerrano,NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthor)firstculturalbiographyofrapsuperstarand“masterofstorytelling“(TheNewYorker)KendrickLamarexploreshismeteoricrisetofameandhisprofoundimpactonaraciallyfraughtAmerica---perfectforfansofZackO’MalleyGreenburg’sEmpireStateofMind.KendrickLamarisatthetopofhisgame.Thethirteen-timeGrammyAward--winningrapperisjustinhisearlythirties,buthe’salreadywonthePulitzerPrizeforMusic,producedandcuratedthesoundtrackofthemegahitfilmBlackPanther,andhasbeennamedoneofTime’s100InfluentialPeople.Butwhat’sevenmorestrikingabouttheCompton-bornlyricistandperformerishowhe’sestablishedhimselfasaformidableadversaryofoppressionandforceforchange.Throughhisconfessionalpoetics,hispoliticallychargedanthems,andhisradicalperformances,Lamarhasbecomeabeaconoflightforcountlesspeople.WrittenbyveteranjournalistandmusiccriticMarcusJ.Moore,thisismuchmorethanthefirstbiographyofKendrickLamar.“It’sananalyticaldeepdiveintothelifeofthatgoodkidwhosem.A.A.dcityraisedhim,andhowitsparkedafirewithinKendrickLamartochangehistory“(KathyIandoli,authorofBabyGirl)forthebetter.
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