Kendrick Lamar Praises XXXTentacion's '17': 'Listen to This Album if You Feel Anything'

He's on his fifth listen already.

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XXXTentacion's debut album 17 has been garnering praise from his diehard fans (and confusion from lots of other people) since it was released late Thursday night. But on Friday, the rapper got a huge supporter in his corner. Kendrick Lamar used a few of his extremely rare tweets to praise the project to his nine million followers.

"Listen to this album if you feel anything," he wrote. "Raw thoughts."

https://t.co/ovjuQN8weO listen to this album if you feel anything. raw thoughts. https://t.co/ovjuQN8weO

— Kendrick Lamar (@kendricklamar) August 26, 2017

He then revealed that he had already listened a number of times.

5th listen.

— Kendrick Lamar (@kendricklamar) August 26, 2017

Lamar's praise comes just after XXXTentacion caused controversy by posting a video on Instagram that appeared to show him hanging himself. After maintaining silence for several hours in the face of mounting concern, he revealed that the clip had been from the set of a music video he was filming.

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