Kendrick Lamar saved issues near house over the weekend by attending a toy giveaway in Compton.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper returned to his hometown on Saturday (December 16) to assist the annual Christmas In Compton Toy Giveaway at Enterprise Park.
Ok.Dot took day trip to take pictures with pals and followers of all ages whereas sporting a cap and white tee.
In pictures posted to Instagram, locals may very well be seen capturing pictures of the Mr. Morale & the Large Steppers rapper in his stomping grounds.
Interscope Information co-founder Jimmy Iovine and fellow Cali rapper Jay Worthy additionally attended the occasion, with the latter taking to Instagram to shout out Kendrick Lamar for pulling up.
“WHO ELSE HOOD YOU KNOW GOT JIMMY IOVINE PULLING UP TO THEY PARK WESTSIDE THE MOST INFLUENTIAL HOOD IN AMERICA THATS WHO,” Worthy wrote.
“ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL TOY DRIVE IN THE CITY OF COMPTON S/O MY BROTHERS @kendricklamar @im_luxxkjr @forevachad @pglang AND EVERYBODY ELSE INVOLVED THIS DEEPER THAN RAP THIS FAMILY.”
Born and raised in Compton, Kendrick Lamar spoke in size about his connection to town throughout an interview with The New York Occasions in December 2022.
“It’s nature versus nurture. I used to be nurtured in an setting the place there’s, like, numerous gang mentality,” he started. “That sure language, sure lingo. How we stroll. How we discuss.”
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He continued: “All of the little nuances and in-speaks that I’ve in Compton. I’ve that. That’s not going nowhere. That’s why I can go into any setting, any kind of road setting, and have the ability to nonetheless join even at this excessive of a degree, because the son that by no means leaves. That’s nurture.
“However the nature of me is pure… And subsequently, I lean an excessive amount of to the nurture of it, I gained’t have the ability to be as expansive as I wish to be. Loads of these artists, they wish to be expansive, however they so tied into what they homeboys will take into consideration them or their perception system.”
“I do know, as a result of I used to be as soon as there, however I bought out of that mentality as a teen, my teenage years,” he added. “These cats nonetheless be 30, 40 years previous and nonetheless making an attempt to carry up a sure picture. And to not say it’s unhealthy. Everyone bought their very own journey.
“I used to be simply lucky sufficient to have a bunch of fellows round me that gave me that braveness to feed myself with the humanities, whether or not it was the road cats in my neighborhood, whether or not it was Dave [Free] who pushed me to be an artist, whether or not it was High from the tasks, the Nickerson Gardens. I all the time was allowed to be myself.”
