Kendrick Lamar is featured in our Feb/March issue of The Source on stands nationwide this week. During our sit-down with the Compton MC he opened up on his political views and some current events. Read this bonus excerpt from the interview, Happy Presidents Day.
What’s your stance on politics of today, do you vote?
You know whats crazy I probably didn’t vote till Obama. I never had any political views… When you come from a small city and you constantly see the same thing everyday, no matter how much the world talks about it or how much you see it on CNN, its still the same lifestyle. You really don’t give a fuck about it, you kind of just fall back into the world and say, “this is it.” Thats the world that we’re all in, that my people are still in.
I look at it as… the President or whoever is not going to help my city, the people that’s going to help my city is me and the people in it. I try not to talk about people outside of the community that talk about the community. The change is going to have to come from within.
Kendrick on the recent action from the Hip-Hop community against SOPA and PIPA Bills.
This is not just a money making machine. That lets the [Government] know this culture has power and will always stay alive. This is really our lifestyle we live this everyday and thats the dope part about it, we’re standing up against something we believe in. Everybody in the Hip-Hop community should feel that way.
Pick up the issue and check out our feature with Kendrick Lamar
– Sean Lynch (@Kiddfuture)
Photo:Don Morris
