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Kendrick Lamar graced the cover of XXL Magazine latest issue. XXL granted Kendrick the chance to write about himself, K Dot speaks on one of his biggest battles is embracing leadership, the success of g.o.o.d m.A.A.d city, and much more.
A lot of times in interviews, people ask me things like, “How does it feel now? What have you bought your mom and your pops and family?” Nobody ever really asks about what it’s like trying to adapt to fame and money and how much of a depression it can make for you. How much of a depression it could put you in knowing that so many kids hang on to your words. I can’t make a song like “i” without being in that dark place. “i” comes from going overseas, going to New York, being in L.A. and hearing kids saying, “Kendrick, I was gonna kill myself last week. Section.80, good kid, m.A.A.d city saved my life.” Or “I was gonna kill myself tonight until I came to your show.”
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