Kendrick Lamar Explains Why White Fans Shouldn't Say The 'N-Word' At His Concerts

Being a rapper awkward. There really is a constant threat of beef, the tendency to have to exude toxic masculinity out of every orifice, and more regularly than not, white fans screaming the "N-word" back at you in concert. Kendrick Lamar, in his latest Vanity Fair profile, talked a May incident where a white fan was brought onstage to help with "m.A.A.D. City," however couldn't find the decency to censor one word.


"Let me put it to you in its simplest form," Lamar mentioned. "I've been on this earth for 30 years, and there’s been so several things a Caucasian person mentioned I couldn’t do. Get good credit. Purchase a residence in a urban city. So several things — 'you can't do that' — whether it’s from afar or close up. So if I mention this is my word, let me have this one word, please let me have that word."


On a more positive note, Kendrick also opened up about what it looked like for DAMN. to be the initial non-classical or jazz album to win a Pulitzer Prize.


"It was one of these things I heard about in school, yet I never thought I’d be a piece of it," he mentioned. "I thought, to be recognized in an academic world...Whoa, this thing really can take me above and behind. It’s one of these things that should have happened with hip-hop a long time ago. It took a long time for people to embrace us — people outdoor of our community, our culture — to be able to see this not just as vocal lyrics, however to be able to see that this is really pain, this is really hurt, this is really true stories of our lives on wax."


Read the complete profile at Vanity Fair.