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Kendrick Lamar

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Contemporary rapper criticized for not taking a public stance on Gaza, contrasted unfavorably with Muhammad Ali's principled sacrifice.

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"Mohammed Ali went to jail and lost his titles for refusing to go to Vietnam but Kendrick Lamar can't even mention Gaza. I wish we had real radicals today, people can't even imagine there's something more important than money"
"I never want to hear anything about Kendrick Lamar or Drake ever again in my life"
"I've been resorting to listening to Kendrick Lamar bc I miss my evil horrible home"
"In all my years on the internet, I have never seen such a high level of herd behavior as redditors with Kendrick Lamar. He's a good rapper. But if you try to criticize him, thousands of people will jump on you."
Contrarian take on Kendrick Lamar · u/nomoneyforcattle · ↑69 · 2024-09-14
"We have celebrated Black culture with Kendrick Lamar"
Next years halftime show should be an Indian artist · u/hopfield · ↑52 · 2026-02-09
"The way people gush over conscious rappers reminds me of how they would call comedians "modern day philosophers" last decade."
"For one, 'All the Stars' has always, to me, sucked partially for kendrick lamar having a small-man-becoming-the-savior type thing going on"
SZA is often the worst part of her own songs · u/Warm_Candidate7534 · ↑24 · 2025-03-16
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