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K. Dot Was A Kid Who Was Trying To Find Himself In Music, Finding Trends, Um, Bending Towards - Ready To Bend Towards What The Industry Was Telling Me To Do And After You Mature At A Certain Time In Your Life, You Come Into Your Own...your Own Niche, Your Own Personality, Not Only As An Artist But As A Person.

Music Was Just Played All Around Me, And I Couldn't Run From It. My Pops, He Never Learned To Sing, But He'd Have His Little Drink On The Side, And He'd Put On The Best Of His Hits - Gangster Rap Or Oldies - And He'd Sing All Day On His Mic Plugged Up To The Wall Set-up. It's A Trip. I've Just Seen That My Whole Life, So I've Always Just Had A Love For Music. By The Time I Was 13, I Really Just Jumped In It. And It's Something I Took On To Have As A Hobby.

Brother Kendrick Lamar: He's Not A Rapper, He's A Writer, He's An Author. And If You Read Between The Lines, We'll Learn How To Love One Another. But You Can't Do That, I Said You Can't Do That, Without Loving Yourself First.

A Lot Of Incredible Rap Albums Over The Past Couple Of Decades Have Deserved Album Of The Year. 'to Pimp A Butterfly' Is An Extension Of Those Albums.

No Matter How Much Good Things Are Going On Around You, You Still Have Them Little Negative Things That Just Wanna Come Out In Front. But You Bottle Them In Because You Have So Many Other Great Things, But They Still There.