Kendrick Lamar Duckworth is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Since his mainstream debut in 2012 with Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, Lamar has been regarded as one of the most influential rappers of his generation and one of the greatest rappers of all time. Lamar embarked on his musical career as a teenager under the stage name K.Dot, releasing a mixtape titled Y.H.N.I.C. (Hub City Threat Minor of the Year) that garnered local attention and led to his signing with indie record label TDE.
He began to gain recognition in 2010 after his first retail release, Overly Dedicated. The following year, he independently released his first studio album, Section.80, which included his debut single “HiiiPoWeR”. By that time, he had amassed a large online following and collaborated with several prominent hip hop artists. Lamar has received many accolades over the course of his career. In 2015, he received the California State Senate’s Generational Icon Award.
Some of the best quotes from Kendrick Lamar are listed below.
- “As long as my music is real, it’s no limit to how many ears I can grab.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “Being able to tell one from start to finish, and making that puzzle come together at the end. That’s the art for me.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “But what love got to do with it when you don’t love yourself?” – Kendrick Lamar
- “Can’t let the government tell me how my future lookin’.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “Consequences from evil will make your past haunt you.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “Don’t you know your imperfections is a blessing.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “Eventually you get to this point where you understand what you want to do and get across and sound like.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “Everybody heard that I f*** with Dre, and they wanna tell me I made it. N**** I ain’t made s***. If he gave me a handout, I’ma take his wrist and break it.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “Everyday I try to escape the realities of this world.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “From the moment I started writing raps, I was always aware of the pressure. I always wanted to live up to how huge Snoop got, how huge Dre got, how huge Pac got. I was always aware.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “I ain’t a drinker I’m a thinker, call it what you want.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “I don’t do black music, I don’t do white music. I do everyday life music.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “I don’t talk about these things if I haven’t lived them, and I’ve hurt people in my life. It’s something I still have to think about when I sleep at night. The message I’m sending to myself – I can’t change the world until I change myself first.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “I don’t want to be something that just comes and goes.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “I got a greater purpose. God put something in my heart to get across and that’s what I’m going to focus on, using my voice as an instrument and doing what needs to be done.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “I had to come from something, come from a place that was negative and positive but the majority of it is a negative place.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “I like to let things breathe.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “I live this life at a pace that anyone can go. Know your place, and dedicate your role…To the faith that you’ll die alone.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “I look at where I’m at today and realize that most of my success is owed to the mentors that was in my life.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “I think my worst problem is actually living in the moment and understanding everything that’s going on. I feel like I’m in my own bubble.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “I walk alone with a cross and a diamond stone. I’m a diamond inside the rough, that’s too mighty for maricons.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “I’d rather not live like there isn’t a god, then die and find out there really is. Think about it.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “I’m trying to learn something new. I’m trying to surround myself with people that inspire me, or at least inquire similar desire.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “If a flower bloomed in a dark room, would you trust it.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “If I speak the good into existence, that instant my dreams will unlock, money flow like water, I’ll just wait at the dock.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “It’s a great, great experience to finally get the reception that you know you rightfully deserve.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “It’s easy to forget who you are.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “Just let me be me, That’s the only way I know.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “Life will put many red lights in front of you, but sometimes we must push on the gas and trust god.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “Life will put many red lights in front of you, but sometimes we must push on the gas and trust god.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “Live your life, live it right. Be different, do different things.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “Look at me, I’m a loser, I’m a winner, I’m good, I’m bad. I’m a sinner, I’m a killer. What I’m doing, I’m saying that I’m human.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “Mark my word, I’m a make my mark, even when they start their martial Law. Even when these martians alienate, my mental state is still at heart.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “Maybe because I’m a dreamer and sleep is the cousin of death.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “My word will never be as strong as God’s word. All I am is just a vessel, doing His work.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “People gonna be they own individuals and have they own worlds and I can’t knock it.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “So the next time you feel like the world’s about to end, I hope you studied, because he’s testing your faith again.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “Sometimes you just need to distance yourself from people… if they care, they’ll notice. If they don’t, you know where you stand.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “Take advantage. Do your best, don’t stress. You was granted everything inside this planet, anything you imagine, you possess.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “The best thing is to always keep honest people around, because when you have a bunch of yes men around that know that you’re making a mistake but let you go on with it, that’s when it ruins your mind state as an artist.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “The hardest thing for – not only an artist but for anybody to do is look themselves in the mirror and acknowledge, you know, their own flaws and fears and imperfections and put them out there in the open for people to relate to it.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “The message I’m sending to myself – I can’t change the world until I change myself first.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “The sky can fall down, the wind can cry now. The strong in me, I still smile.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “The worst part of success is, to me, adapting to it. It’s scary.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “Tupac, Biggie, Jay. Your usual suspects. These were the people that was played in my household.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “We all get distracted, the question is, would you bounce back or bounce backwards?” – Kendrick Lamar
- “We hurt people that love us, love people that hurt us.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “We look so much on color that we forget about the soul.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “We’re all human at the end of the day, making mistakes. But learn from them is the key.” – Kendrick Lamar
- “Ya’ll don’t want me to win. I’m tryna follow dreams, you want me to follow trends.” – Kendrick Lamar
Ain’t scared of losses no more, I see life in that.
I’d say we’ll done for the compilation. His best quotes are actually off TPAB and DAMN imo. But great job mate..👍