Kendrick Lamar

Rapper Claims He Faced Intimidation And Exploitation From Kendrick Lamar’s Team

... it was bad business for me to not listen to him.". After the call, "Heaven Help Dem" was taken off of Soundcloud and You Tube on a copyright claim from UMG/Interscope. The song was restored two months later, but by then gossip had started to spread. "People were saying I stole the verse from an old Kendrick song (not true) and all sorts of other libel against me. I was genuinely hurt." According to Emile's lawyer, Tiffith said he asked UMG/Interscope to remove the song because "he felt disrespected.". Emile won a small claims case he filed last year against Lamar's management and UMG, though he claims that they have not respected the court's ruling. "The bullying, intimidation and exploitation I have experienced by your team and by your label is not something I expected," Emile wrote, adding that "a day after sharing the first version of this letter with select media outlets for consideration, I received a phone call from the court informing me that the application to revoke judgment was withdrawn. Still, UMG has not signed the documentation to close the legal procedures, admit fault and obey the court order.". "It would be a mistake to dismiss this as simply ...

Kendrick Lamar Talks Spiritual, 'urgent' New Album

... out of this whole thing called life: God. Nobody speaks on it because it's almost in conflict with what's going on in the world when you talk about politics and government and the system.". The publication visited Lamar during a studio session in Santa Monica, California. While the inventive Compton rapper was hesitant to detail his latest musical direction, he spoke in cryptic analogies about his lyrical mindset. In particular, he focused on the idea of being a father one day and how he would handle watching his daughter mature over the years. "One day, I may have a little girl," he said. "She's gonna grow up. She's gonna be a child I adore – I'm gonna always love her, but she's gonna reach that one point where she's gonna start experiencing things. And she's gonna say things or do things that you may not condone, but it's the reality of it, and you know she was always gonna get to that place. And it's disturbing. But you have to accept it. You have to accept it, and you have to have your own solutions to figure out how to handle the action and take action for it. "When I say 'the ...

Kendrick Lamar Hints At His Forthcoming Testament

... bruh," another response read. Others implied Lamar was attempting to ride a wave, following the tremendous success of Chance the Rapper's Grammy-winning mixtape Coloring Book. A post shared by Kendrick Lamar (@kendricklamar) on. Mar 23, 2017 at 1:55 am PDT. While Chance's release was perhaps the strongest example yet of gospel rap gone mainstream, Lamar has flirted with overt themes of Christianity in past works. The climax to Lamar's 2012 major-label debut Good Kid, M. A. A. D. City features a skit with Lamar and his friends accepting Christ in a neighborhood parking lot following a gang tragedy. Both Lamar and Chance have emerged as spiritually-attuned artists in an increasingly unchurched generation. Both hail from cities with notorious gang problems and gun violence. And both are using mainstream rap to promote a relationship with God as part of the solution to these problems. Yet it's Lamar's sober approach that's considered the more radical of the two. Unlike Chance, whose Coloring ...

Inside The Streetwear Label Jaden Smith And Kendrick Lamar Can’t Get Enough Of

... his fans, many of whom are politically outspoken, appreciate. “Using straightforward text that reads ‘Scars’ or ‘Image More Valued Than Truth’ felt like the most sincere imagery to put on clothing in 2017,” he says. Kendrick Lamar Photo: Getty Images. Though he’s already dressing two of the biggest names in men’s style, the designer has a couple of dream clients: “Tak Kato,” he says, referring to the Japanese-born co-owner of streetwear retailer Blends. “He was my first boss and the person who indirectly introduced me to the notion of fashion as a profession. As far as celebrities, it would probably be Mahershala Ali. He’s the most intriguing person in film to me right now and has such interesting style.” With Hymne’s offerings expanding with each new drop, is there anything new fans can expect next season? “Continuing to push the proportions of our garments and exploring abstract graphic ...

Thundercat Teams With Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell, Wiz Khalifa, And...kenny Loggins

... feel and echoes some of the reedy quasi-falsetto specialists of bygone days. As it happens, two of these appear on the smooth, instantly seductive "Show You the Way," a standout on Drunk: Kenny Loggins — he of 1980 s gems like "Footloose" and "Heart to Heart" — and Michael Mc Donald of Doobie Brothers fame. On Drunk, they share guest honors with more contemporary invitees Lamar, Wiz Khalifa, and Pharrell — testifying at once to Thundercat's convening power and tastes. The generation gap between Thundercat, 32, and his elder collaborators is such that some of his younger listeners might barely know of Mc Donald and Loggins. It popped up at times in the studio too, Thundercat says. "At one moment, Michael told me how he found out about me — it was his daughter who told him about me." But mostly the connection was smooth, enhanced by Thundercat's admiration for Loggins, in particular, as a songwriter, which prompted him to seek out the ...