“Music moves with the times. It’s not something we have to consciously do. This is what’s happening in the world — not only to me but to my community. Whenever I make music, it reflects where I’m at mentally. And this is where we’re at. When you look at other artists doing the same thing, it’s of the times.”
— Kendrick Lamar as transcribed by Joe Coscarelli, Kendrick Lamar on the Grammys, Black Lives Matter and His Big 2015
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