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Top Dawg Entertainment’s Kendrick Lamar has announced plans to hit the road for an short tour called “Kunta’s Groove Sessions.”
K. Dot broke the big news to fans through his Instagram page Monday (October 5).
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Lamar is slated to perform in Washington, DC later this month.
Kendrick Lamar has announced a special, one-off performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. with the National Symphony Orchestra. On October 20, Lamar and the NSO will perform cuts from his album To Pimp a Butterfly; it’ll be the rapper’s first orchestral collaboration, as the Washington Post reports. (Pitchfork)
Last month, Kendrick teamed up with funk icon George Clinton for a new song.
Earlier this year, master of funk George Clinton joined Kendrick Lamar on the first track of his sophomore album, To Pimp A Butterfly, for a duet that set the project’s eclectic tone. The pair aren’t done collaborating yet, though — Clinton’s Funkadelic just released a set of remixes for their single “Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard On You?”, and one features none other than Mr. Lamar himself. (Billboard)
No stronger to receiving acclaim from legends, music icon Prince recently boasted over K. Dot’s “Alright” anthem.
Speaking directly to Josh and his assistant, he drops his appreciation for Kanye West’s “Gold Digger” (“the way he made something new with that sample was perfect”), Jill Scott’s “A Long Walk” (“every song on that first album was the truth”) and Kendrick’s Lamar’s whole To Pimp A Butterfly album (“He just has something he has to say. It’s pure. And with Thundercat on the album? Come on. You’re not taking ‘Alright’ off my playlist!”) (Medium)
