After meeting with President Obama for the first time last January, Kendrick Lamar developed a friendly rapport with the president and
says he's come to look up him as a person.
This past weekend, at an American Express pop-up show in Brooklyn, K Dot spoke briefly with XXL about Obama's impact as the president of the United States of America on both the hip-hop community and the world.
“I think the world, not just hip-hop owes him. We all have to give him his credit due for even allowing us into the building. We would probably never get inside that house ever again. Think about it like that. Rick Ross, Cole, Nicki Minaj, he really went for us to come experience it. This is something our grandparents always wanted to see, never thought in a million years, but [we can] pass it down to our generation to say, ‘Alright, I’m in here and I’m finna use my power to let ya’ll see how this thing works and I’mma drop some knowledge on y’all that a man can’t drop on everybody else ’cause y’all have the most influence" said Lamar.
President Obama invited DJ Khaled, J. Cole, Wale, Nicki Minaj, Alicia Keys, Pusha T, Chance The Rapper and more to the White House this past April through My Brothers Keeper program to discuss criminal justice reform.
"This is something our grandparents always wanted to see, never thought in a million years, but [we can] pass it down to our generation to say, ‘Alright, I’m in here and I’m finna use my power to let ya’ll see how this thing works and I’mma drop some knowledge on y’all that a man can’t drop on everybody else ’cause y’all have the most influence,’” said Lamar of his dealings with the president.
Source: thisis50.com
This past weekend, at an American Express pop-up show in Brooklyn, K Dot spoke briefly with XXL about Obama's impact as the president of the United States of America on both the hip-hop community and the world.
“I think the world, not just hip-hop owes him. We all have to give him his credit due for even allowing us into the building. We would probably never get inside that house ever again. Think about it like that. Rick Ross, Cole, Nicki Minaj, he really went for us to come experience it. This is something our grandparents always wanted to see, never thought in a million years, but [we can] pass it down to our generation to say, ‘Alright, I’m in here and I’m finna use my power to let ya’ll see how this thing works and I’mma drop some knowledge on y’all that a man can’t drop on everybody else ’cause y’all have the most influence" said Lamar.
President Obama invited DJ Khaled, J. Cole, Wale, Nicki Minaj, Alicia Keys, Pusha T, Chance The Rapper and more to the White House this past April through My Brothers Keeper program to discuss criminal justice reform.
"This is something our grandparents always wanted to see, never thought in a million years, but [we can] pass it down to our generation to say, ‘Alright, I’m in here and I’m finna use my power to let ya’ll see how this thing works and I’mma drop some knowledge on y’all that a man can’t drop on everybody else ’cause y’all have the most influence,’” said Lamar of his dealings with the president.
Source: thisis50.com