Kendrick Lamar: A Child of Prince & 2Pac

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Published 2024-01-28
Kendrick Lamar is one of those artists that represents the fears, struggles and wins of an entire generation. His art is thoughtful, patient and perfected over the course of years. He speaks truth in his music and interviews. He layers meanings, messages and theories within his rhymes and even the most careful listeners may miss upon first spin. But Kendrick is by no means the first artist in history to do this. One artist in particular, who at one point went by nothing more than that word, is actually a big inspiration to K. Dot.

What many people don’t know is that Prince was supposed to be a featured artist on To Pimp A Butterfly. But in order to fully understand what Prince meant to Kendrick Lamar, we need to take a look at what Prince meant to Tupac Shakur.

In this video we look at what Prince meant to Tupac and in turn what 2pac meant to Kendrick

Timecodes:
00:00 - Kendrick Lamar, Tupac and Prince
00:30 - how Prince influenced Kendrick Lamar
01:00 - How 2Pac inspired Kendrick
3:00 - Tupac visiting Kendrick in a dream
04:00 - 2Pac and Prince
05:00 - 2Pac sampling Prince
07:00 - Kendrick Howard Stern Interview
07:45 - Kendrick and Prince performing
09:00 - Kendrick Mask off Lyrics
10:00 - Kendrick Lamar new cell phone
12:00 - Prince interview about music industry
13:00 - Kendrick Lamar about rap music
14:00 - Kendrick Lamar talks responsibility
15:30 - Kendrick Lamar in the studio
16:30 -Prince in the studio

Written produced & voice over by: Jeremy Hecht
Edited and produced by: Alex Vasallo
Researched by DeShawn Becton
Thumbnail design by: JR Martinez
Executive produced by: Sharath Cherian

Instrumentals by: Baad Beats
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All Comments (21)
  • @hiphopdx
    What do you think is the most important message to come from Kendrick's music? And what song of his would you have loved to see Prince on?
  • @skilla4hire
    Drake used ai 2pac to "diss" Kendrick and he compares his reach to MJ. Kendrick met and performed with Prince, had his respect and got unreleased Pac vocals and Pac's mother give permission to use them on 2 pimp a butterfly. Drake and Kendrick are not the same.
  • @DreamFactories
    And people try to act like Kendrick was a nobody before “Like That” 😂😂
  • @Seattle_Kiwi
    The more I learn about Kendrick, the more endearing he becomes.
  • @Hhpro789
    This aged well. K Dot was the wrong man for an artist like Drake to fuck with.
  • @kmarcol1
    This is what make Kendrick the culture. Aubrey could never. Purpose > Popularity
  • @user-gd4qq3up1v
    Anybody classy enough to play with Prince don't need to be a no competition with nobody
  • @M0HAK0
    Really dont care what people thing negatively of Kendrick. He is a great artist if our generation. To just learn that he got on stage with Prince is amazing.
  • @jovanreid6782
    Prince and Kendrick are two of my favorite artists of all time (actually I discovered Kendrick through the performance they did together; before that I knew nothing about Kendrick), and despite initially having the wrong idea about Pac growing up, I grew to have great respect for him after finding out about his love for Prince.
  • @jeremyhecht
    This was one of the coolest videos to work on because I honestly just wanted to explore the almost prince feature on TPAB but I ended up finding an undeniable connection between these three legends ♊️ Hope you enjoy watching
  • @bogdantonto9286
    Pac and Prince are something in music that will probably never see again. Globally and american icons period.
  • @lysmalls658
    Kendrick is a Genius just like Prince & Tupac Shakur Kendrick picked up where Tupac left off and for Prince to have Kendrick Lamar on a stage with him Let’s you know the Respect and Commonality that Prince Recognized in Kendrick for Mrs. Afeni to allow Kendrick to use Tupac Vocals on a Song speaks Volumes and she knew Tupac would Approve & Appreciate it. Howard loves to be around Kendrick you could tell he’s a fan and they have mutual respect for each other
  • @Bluenblack17
    Prince fan, and two of my favorite rappers happen to be also heavily influenced by Prince. This is amazing!
  • @pastense
    Oh my god! I’ve never seen that live footage of Kendrick freestyling with the band. Just gave me chills! True emcee in the flesh. Rap snobs will never get it, fucc em. Kendrick is a musical legend up there with MJ and Prince, Pac and Big
  • @TheoBeats002
    I do believe the interviewer he is talking about, that he met in Germany, is Mats Nilesk'r of the Swedish radio show P3 Soul. He is the one who conducted the 2Pac interview that is sampled in Mortal Man.