Thanks to VEVO’s Lift series, Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar was able to visit the place where it all began when he was brought to his former high school, Centennial High School. According to the rapper this was the period in his life when the experiences and inspirations for his highly successful, independent album Section.80 came about.
“This was a time period where the whole mastermind behind Section.80 began, remembering these experiences. I really wanted to capture that and I feel like it’s an intricate detail, a story within my album,” Kendrick explained.
While his time at Centennial High School consisted of several now laughable moments which include the rapper failing physical education, Kendrick also spoke on more serious moments during his high school career. During his interview with VEVO he recounted one summer where he dreaded walking to summer school due to the fact that the walk put him in the middle of a gang war.
“I failed P.E. in ninth grade,” said Kendrick in a video posted on RapRadar.com. “And I was good in basketball and sports, but I just didn’t want to get dressed…10th grade summer school I had this class. And this was the time the gang rivals was heavy between my neighborhood and the neighborhood a few blocks down. We would always [debate] like ‘Damn, I hate going to this summer school class cause we gotta walk home at this time in the summertime where we know the war likes to pop off. Around the evening.’ People like to ride through and that’s when the senseless violence is waiting to happen. So I always get that same vibe coming back in this room and just remembering that one hot summer.”
Kendrick is currently preparing for the release of his next album, good kid, m.A.A.d city.
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You can tell he was never bout that life just a good kid in the wrong place and thats why i like and respect him cause he could have gone the game route but he kept it real
this guy failed gym class….lol/smh
He stole them glasses from Gaga.
he may have failed gym but you fail at trying to tell a joke. Leave the jokes to Dave Chapelle!:)
LMAO! BURRRRN!
best reply to a stupid as joke I’ve heard in a long time. Very Witty
Rick Ross never failed, at nothing. He’s the perfect example of a succesful black businessman & enterpreneur . The modern Rockefeller/
Rick Ross is not black, he’s a cop.
Rick ross is a fraud
You seriously don’t get that the ‘Bawse’ is just a persona?
He isn’t that rich. He just plays a character that is.
He as fake as Nicki with her personalities.
lmao Kedrick Lame sucks… GYM iz ma strong point in high school. diz nigga aint real man. YMCMB rejected his talentless ass. YMCMB ALL DAY ERR DAY. swag
Trolling at its finest.. Give this man a medal
^^ funny that ‘swag’ rhymes with ‘fag’
Gym ain’t something black men should be esteemed for cause you need to read and write. How many great ball players go to college only to be sent back to the hood cause they can’t keep up with the work and they on a full ride scholarship? Going to gym don’t make you smart…and YMCM sucks no one there can light a fire to Kendrick
i hope yall r trolling n arent serious cuz if yall r dead ass serious about that then yall r fuckin retarded n madd delirious. HES TO REAL FOR YMCMB! foh wit that noise
lol I know what is he talking about. Summertime in South Central is just terrible.
wtf i never knew compton was a real place
Break yourself then.
the fuck?! You thought that whole shit was made up??? Did you ever pick up a map in your life?
but you do know South central exists right ?
God damn, this site is up there for the dumbest comments since the internet has been invented.
This site is up there for the most gullible comment readers. Y’all trolled so easily.
How could u be good in big ball when u are only 5’2 tall?
Thought the same thing.
pretty obvious neither one of these 2 people commenting knows a damn thing about basketball