Kendrick Lamar is providing a glimpse into his non-public life. He shared what retains him sane in a brand new interview.
Talking about songwriting, Lamar revealed that it retains him sane.
“I’m at all times locked in and at all times attempting new issues,” Lamar mentioned on NFL Community’s Good Morning Soccer on February 7. “I’ve to maintain the pen shifting. It’s my type of sanity. And it has additionally given me the chance to study myself, to essentially perceive who I’m.”
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He went on to elucidate how writing helps him course of feelings and vulnerability.
“If you’re writing, you must sit together with your feelings and be weak, whether or not it’s a enjoyable track or a tragic one,” Lamar continued. “Whatever the topic, whether or not it’s blissful or heavy, loads of these data I write include emotions and ideas I’d by no means have expressed—and even realized about myself—if it weren’t for an instrumental behind them.”
The dialogue comes forward of his extremely anticipated efficiency on the 2025 Tremendous Bowl on Sunday, February 9. Not too long ago, SZA was introduced as a visitor performer for the occasion.
On the heels of his 2024 rap feud with Drake, Lamar additionally spoke in a separate interview with Apple Music’s Nadeska Alexis and Ebro Darden about his intent. Whereas he didn’t point out Drake by identify, he emphasised the significance of conserving hip-hop’s essence alive.
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“My intent from day one was to maintain the character of it as a sport,” he defined. “I feel lots of people had began pushing rap to the background. You didn’t see that grit. You didn’t see that chew anymore.”
He made it clear that his artistry has at all times been rooted in hip-hop’s aggressive nature, significantly battle rap.
“I don’t care how folks take a look at it when it comes to collaboration,” he expressed. “I nonetheless watch Smack/URL, from Murda Mook to [Loaded] Lux to Tay Roc. My bro, Daylyt. This has at all times been the core definition of who I’m.”
On the simply ended 2025 Grammy Awards, Lamar took house 5 awards, along with his track ‘Not Like Us’ rising as a significant winner.
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