In 2024, the world of rap has belonged toKendrick Lamar.
Nor is it that he was named as the halftime show performer at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.
(Drake, for his part, alleged that Lamar was a domestic abuser.)
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But it also helped Lamar finally shed his image as the good kid who represented the genres moral fiber.
Yes, rap can be a near-spiritual calling, a pure expression of Black creativity.
To win back the fervor of rap heads alienated by deeply conceptual, high-minded treatises likeDAMNandMr.
Morale & the Big Steppers, Lamar had to prove he could still scrap.
Have you ever took a fade and ran three more back to back/Oh, you havent?
Predictably, its the latter that has generated waves of internet sludge.
That track isnt included inGNX.
However, he reclaims Heart Pt.
6 while adding another chapter to a series he began in 2010.
(During their battle, Drake mockingly used that title for one of his disses.)
To his credit, he still questions himself.
The third verse finds him arguing with his inner God voice.
But you love war, God says.
No, I dont.
At the tracks end, Lamar promises to use my gifts to bring understanding.
If we want beef, then hes more than happy to serve us that, too.
Yes, Lamar is the GOAT of 2024, that much is certain.
And, for the most part,GNXproves why he earned the title.
