Noisey is kicking off their new music documentary series with Growing Up With Kendrick Lamar. In this first installment they travel to Lamar’s hood and catch up with him and his crew. You get a feel for how Kendrick is the way he is, the surroundings seemingly made him acutely aware of what not to can into.
This is the first of eight parts of the series that’ll premiered on VICELAND.
Compton, California, is one of hip-hop’s most celebrated locales, the birthplace of acts like N.W.A. and, more recently, Kendrick Lamar. It’s also home to a complicated gang culture. Noisey Bompton centers around Kendrick Lamar and the friends he grew up with on the West Side of Compton, many of whom feature on the cover of his album ‘To Pimp A Butterfly.’ In the first of six segments, we sit down with Kendrick to talk about his acclaimed albums, pay a visit to his high school, Centennial, and get to know his childhood friend Lil L.
Be sure to check Noisey as it premieres on VICELAND March 1 at 10PM.
