Indie Intro: 5 Things You Need To Know About Kendrick Lamar

Compton's newest rising talent just got a blockbuster co-sign from Dre. Learn more.

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He Doesn't Rep A Set

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He’s Into Contemporary Art

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He's Always High Off Contact

“My track ‘H.O.C’ stands for high off contact. [Laughs.] The lines I said in that joint are all real life. I say I have low eyes because of genetic defects. And that’s true! All my uncles and shit? Their eyes are extremely low. It’s been like that throughout my family. So as a kid, I always got laughed at. And my teachers would always think I’m smoking and I’m high because my eyes stay low like a motherfucker. That’s real life I’m putting into bars right there. And I don’t smoke at all. I’m one of the only dudes in the studio who doesn’t blaze. [Laughs.] All them motherfuckers are high as hell, getting those bars, man. Smoking like eight blunts to the head by themselves and shit.”

Dr. Dre Co-Signs Him

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He’s Under Top Dawg Entertainment with Jay Rock

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