The clip above includes Kendrick speaking on how he learned of his Grammy nomination
Kendrick Lamar gave his first major interview since appearing in GQ’s now infamous Man Of The Year Article this time with the hollywood reporter. Published on the day of and with details from his Grammy’s performance with rock group Imagine Dragons (the group behind 2013 monster “Radioactive”) the article in addition to being very well written has a few interesting tidbits
On Control
“It wasn’t premeditated, it just came to me when I was writing that bar,” says Lamar. “The crazy part is, I didn’t think it would ever go to where dis records were coming at me. I thought people would be like, “He threw some challenges out there, that was dope.’ “
Yeezy Taught Him:
“Kanye taught me to never to downplay your ideas,” adds Lamar. “I learned to always stay as creative as possible and never have any boundaries. Those things that people called ‘rants’ onstage are real conversations that we had behind closed doors — about business and how when you get to a certain level people won’t want to see you break through because they only see you as a rapper.”
On the next album:
“I’m still seeing what I feel like…When I really catch it, I’ll be out there with it.”
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
