“Hip-hop is not the problem. Our reality is the problem of the situation. This is our music. This is us expressing ourselves.”
— Kendrick Lamar as transcribed by Colin Stutz, Kendrick Lamar Responds to Geraldo Rivera: 'Hip-Hop Is Not the Problem, Our Reality Is'
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