Kendrick Lamar Gets Honest About Ferguson, Iggy Azalea Critics & His Girlfriend

I wouldn’t even call her my girl. That’s my best friend. I don’t even like the term that society has put in the world as far as being a companion…she’s somebody I can tell my fears to.

He wasn’t an “angel” as a child:

Oh man, I won’t be able to say that on record. I got into some things, but God willing, he had favoritism over me and my spirit.

Recalling childhood struggles:

Tupac had just passed, my uncle was in jail, and we was in a hotel. My moms never owned a house until I was able to afford it for her.

What he thinks about the incidents in Ferguson:

I wish somebody would look in our neighborhood knowing that it’s already a situation, mentally, where it’s f—ked up. What happened to [Michael Brown] should’ve never happened. Never. But when we don’t have respect for ourselves, how do we expect them to respect us? It starts from within. Don’t start with just a rally, don’t start from looting, it starts from within.

His Message to Iggy Azalea:

She’s doing her thing. Let her. People have to go through trials and tribulations to get where they at. Do your thing, continue to rock it, because obviously God wants you here.

On self-love, referring to the song “I” with the lyric “I love myself”:

That’s hard to say every time you wake up in the morning. That’s a psychological trick I wanted to play on myself. Not that I put this song in the atmosphere, that’s going to happen? I have to perform it every night for the next three years when we go on tour. Every time I’m in a weird mood or something goes on at home that I can’t handle, I’ve got to perform it anyway.

It’s very clear from album sales, Grammy nominations, and a huge fan base that Kendrick isn’t the only one that loves himself. Click here to read the full story.

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