Kendrick Lamar is preparing to make his debut on PBS music series Austin City Limits today. The performance will be a hour long, in which Kendrick will perform his most important songs on his catalog. In a recent interview with Austin City Limits, Kendrick discusses his inspiration behind To Pimp A Butterfly. Hit the jump to watch the interview.
Kendrick talked about the first time he realized he was good with words, and it was in the first grade!
As kids we used to log in journals. I was just fascinated by telling them how my day started…It was one particular word that I said in first grade, it was the word Audacity— and my teacher she pulled me to the corner and she told me ‘you know what that word means?’ And I told her the definition. And she was like ‘you’re a wordsmith you may not know it, but you’re in love with words.’ And ever since that moment I just love to write. It’s always been my favorite course in school English and Literature. I excelled to that and made that transform to poetry.
This man used the word audacity in the first grade! The guy was born to become a lyrical rapper.
Kendrick then talks about where he found inspiration for his latest album To Pimp A Butterfly. You can watch the full interview below and make sure to watch Kendrick latest legendary performance on Jimmy Fallon.
