Introduction
Kendrick’s life is ecstatic and his fame is growing. For example, he had a big moment in the halftime show. He has 22 Grammy awards and 57 nominations and won a Grammy for movies. Kendrick is one of the top artists currently and for good reason. This is the life of Kendrick Lamar and how he became famous.
Kendrick Lamar was born on June 17, 1987 Kendrick Lamar’s full name is Kendrick Lamar Duckworth. He has a mom named Paula Oliver, a dad named Kenny Duckworth, and a little sister whose name is Kayla Duckworth. His wife’s name is Whitney Alford and he has 2 children: Uzi his daughter, and Enoch his son. Kendrick Lamar has five studio albums, one compilation album, one soundtrack album, five mixtapes, one extended play (EP), 29 singles (including 45 as a featured artist), five promotional singles, and twenty-nine music videos. Kendrick Lamar’s most famous song is ‘Not Like Us’. It has been viewed nearly 200 million times on YouTube and took off on TikTok and traditional radio. His first song was ‘Bad Blood’ with Taylor Swift in 2015 and his biggest performance now is the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show.
Childhood
Although Kendrick was not in any gangs he was close to people who were. When Kendrick was 5 years old he witnessed his first murder. Kendrick’s life had violence everywhere: at 15 years old Kendrick was beaten down in front of his mother. When he was 16, Lamar was baptized and converted to Christianity following the death of a friend. Kendrick lived close to high gang and crime violence in Compton California. His very first song was ‘Whatcha Know About It’ in 2003. Before Kendrick started to rap he wrote poetry, and rhymes and worked as a security guard. When he was a kid, he was inspired to do creative writing like poetry, rhymes, and stories.
Kendrick is one of the top artists. He shows if you work hard you will succeed and not everyone has to be rich from the start to be famous.
Quotes
“The worst part of success is, to me, adapting to it. It’s scary.”
“I always thought money was something just to make me happy. But I’ve learned that I feel better being able to help my folks, ’cause we never had nothing. So just to see them excited about my career is more of a blessing than me actually having it for myself.”
“I’m Machiavelli’s offspring, I’m the king of New York, king of the coast, one hand, I juggle them both.”
“I knew I was blessed with a gift of having both parents.”
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