Kendrick Lamar details his meeting with President Obama and the value of mentorship in a new “Pay It Forward” video posted on Top Dawg Entertainment’s vimeo page.
“As a kid, having a mentor was vital to me,” the TDE rapper says over a video that appears similar to the footage from his “Hard Work” video that was released in December. “Always being there when it counted allowed me to make some of the most important decisions while growing up. So it’s only right that I mentor a younger person with the same wisdom that was given to me. If it helps the next kid become a better person in life, I will forever be aware of my influence and pay it forward. I look where I’m at today and realize that most of my success is owed to the mentors that was in my life.”
The clip then shows photos of Kendrick Lamar with President Obama. The two reportedly met in October when the rapper was in Washington, D.C. to perform at the Kennedy Center.
Lamar says he used the time with the President to discuss societal issues.
“I sat down with President Barak Obama and shared the same views, topics concerning the inner cities, the problem, the solutions and furthermore embracing the youth,” Kendrick Lamar says. “Both being aware that mentoring saves lives. Sometimes I reflect and think back: Where would I be if I didn’t have the presence of an older acquaintance telling me what’s right and what’s wrong, telling me the pros and cons of every move I was about to make, telling me the best way to plan success for my future?”
The Compton, California then makes a call to action.
“Join me in paying it forward,” he says. “Support My Brother’s Keeper by being a mentor in real life.”
In February 2014, President Obama explained the mission of the My Brother’s Keeper initiative.
“Helping more of our young people stay on track,” the President said at the time. “Providing the support they need to think more broadly about their future. Building on what works – when it works, in those critical life-changing moments.”
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Kendrick lamar didn’t lie when he said he was the biggest hypocrite in 2016. Shaking a man’s hand that did nothing good
HE DID YOUR MAMA GOOD. FREE OBAMA CARE FOR BROKE LOSERS SUCH AS YA’SELF.
k.dot is the epitome of hip-hop*but no way I’m getting excited about meeting the escape goat*AKA the president*I’d tell his ass to stop arming isis/terrorist then to turn this country back into one tht supports Godly morals & stop printing fake $ that’s only designed to rob the working class & crash the country & the world because most of the world operate on our currency*just to name a few*Facts*
Even when it comes to presidential endorsement Kendrick loses. The last album Nelson Mandela bought was Drake’s Nothing Was The Same. Mandela loved Started from The Bottom. Mandela was a man of the people as was Drake. It’s a shame that Mandela passed before Drake was scheduled to meet him in Johannesburg.
Stupid figure ! Drake ain’t no close to Kendrick in education, humans unity and real live touching ! Connect your hands with your brains and think !!
” Kendrick is the one “