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Kendrick Lamar

Compton, CA

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Region: Southern California/Northern Baja Coast Conference: Pacific Regional Rank: #7

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About Kendrick Lamar

From the streets of Compton, California, emerges Kendrick Lamar, a distinctive voice in contemporary hip-hop. His music resonates with raw authenticity, painting vivid pictures of life in his So-Cal hometown. Lamar's connection to Compton is not merely biographical; it's woven into the very fabric of his sound, a constant presence in his lyrical narratives. He brings listeners into his world with tracks like "HUMBLE," "not like us," and "all the stars," all bearing witness to the city that shaped him.

Lamar’s artistry lies in his ability to blend introspective storytelling with innovative production. His songs are more than just music; they're cultural commentary, reflecting on personal struggles and broader societal issues. With a popularity score of 88, his impact on the hip-hop landscape is undeniable, solidifying his place as a major force in music.

Locations in Lyrics

349 location references across 92 songs

Songs & Places

Money Trees
Compton, CA Vallejo, CA Los Angeles, CA Atlanta, GA
"I fucked Sherane and went to tell my bros"
Rigamortis
Louisville, KY Los Angeles, CA
"Real quick, Ali"
Mother I Sober
Chicago, IL
"I never knew she was violated in Chicago"
United in Grief
Chicago, IL
"I met her on the third night of Chicago"
dodger blue
Gardena, CA Compton, CA Los Angeles, CA Willowbrook, CA
"What school you went to? Gardena, Compton"
The Recipe
California Los Angeles, CA Atlanta, GA New Orleans, LA Miami, FL New York City, NY Texas Chicago, IL California Coast, CA
"Livin' in California, everybody wanna visit for / California livin' 'til I am old / Cali"
Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst
Compton, CA
"This orphanage we call a ghetto is quite a routine"
Compton
Compton, CA
"Compton, Compton Ain't no city quite like mine"
Watch the Party Die
Houston, TX New Orleans, LA Los Angeles, CA
"Sometimes I wonder what Lecrae would do"
Real
Compton, CA Chicago, IL Carson, CA Los Angeles, CA
"Tell your story to these black and brown kids from Compton"
HiiiPoWeR
Atlanta, GA Memphis, TN Oakland, CA New York City, NY South Orange, NJ Seattle, WA Chicago, IL
"Visions of Martin Luther staring at me"
Institutionalized
Washington, DC Compton, CA Miami, FL Los Angeles, CA
"Lay in the White House and get high, Lord"
peekaboo
Los Angeles, CA Arizona Compton, CA
"eighty-pointers like a Kobe game"
The Art of Peer Pressure
Compton, CA Los Angeles, CA
"Told by Kendrick Lamar on Rosecrans, ya bitch"
Ronald Reagan Era (His Evils)
Compton, CA California Los Angeles County, CA
"Ninety miles per hour down Compton Boulevard"
Big Shot
New York City, NY the coast, CA Port Arthur, TX Houston, TX Chicago, IL
"dance on 'em like Diddy"
Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe (Remix)
Compton, CA New York City, NY East Coast Atlanta, GA Long Island, NY Washington, DC Los Angeles, CA Long Beach, CA Las Vegas, NV Bethel, NY
"This courtesy of Compton"
euphoria
West Coast Fayetteville, NC Vero Beach, FL Virginia Beach, VA Omaha, NE New York City, NY Carson, CA Atlanta, GA St. Louis, MO Miami, FL Houston, TX Los Angeles, CA
"What I learned is niggas don't like the West Coast, and I'm fine with it, I'll push the line with it"
Keisha’s Song (Her Pain)
Long Beach, CA Compton, CA Oakland, CA Los Angeles, CA
"Fancy girls on Long Beach Boulevard"
Not Like Us
Compton, CA Oakland, CA San Francisco Bay Area, CA Atlanta, GA Beaumont, TX Salt Lake City, UT
"tryna see Compton?"
LOVE.
Gardena, CA Los Angeles, CA
"Remember Gardena? I took the studio Camry"
heart pt. 6
Los Angeles, CA Compton, CA Carson, CA Louisiana Chicago, IL
"Load up the Pro Tools and press three / Studio filled with Jack In The Box and Pepsis"
gloria
Las Vegas, NV
"Chapter after chapter, probably remarry and head to Vegas"
A.D.H.D
Compton, CA San Francisco, CA
"You know when you part of Section.80"
Alright
Nazareth, PA Detroit, MI
"Nazareth"
DNA.
Detroit, MI Los Angeles, CA
"You see fireworks and Corvette tire skrrt the boulevard"
The Blacker the Berry
Compton, CA Atlanta, GA Georgia Sanford, FL Chicago, IL Washington, D.C., DC
"Remind me of these Compton Crip gangs that live next door"
The Heart Part 4
Compton, CA Palm Beach, FL New York City, NY Detroit, MI Oklahoma City, OK Houston, TX Los Angeles, CA Brooklyn, NY
"A condo in Compton, I'm still in reach, nigga (Facts)"
FEAR.
Chicago, IL Compton, CA
"Them Jordans better not get dirty when I just bought 'em"
Hol’ Up
Compton, CA Louisville, KY Miami, FL
"a Comptown fitted"
hey now
San Francisco, CA Savannah, GA Compton, CA Los Angeles, CA Chicago, IL Ashburn, VA
"I put a square on his back like I'm Jack Dorsey"
Wesley’s Theory
Detroit, MI Compton, CA Washington, DC
"I'ma buy a brand new Caddy on vogues"
Mr. Morale
Compton, CA New Orleans, LA Chicago, IL Atlanta, GA
"Like all of the mothers back where we from"
Black Friday
Chicago, IL Washington, DC New Orleans, LA Mississippi California Seattle, WA Fayetteville, NC Oakland, CA Los Angeles, CA
"I’m yelling Mr. Kanye West for president"
6:16 in LA
Los Angeles, CA New York City, NY Detroit, MI
"TITLE"
King Kunta
Compton, CA Little Rock, AR
"Stuck a flag in my city, everybody's screamin', "Compton!""
Worldwide Steppers
Pompano Beach, FL Los Angeles, CA Compton, CA
"Kodak Black, Oklama"
Savior
Fayetteville, NC Atlanta, GA Los Angeles, CA Pompano Beach, FL Oakland, CA
"Cole made you feel empowered, but he is not your savior"
DUCKWORTH.
Los Angeles, CA Chicago, IL California Detroit, MI
"once upon a time inside the Nickerson Garden projects"
u
Compton, CA
"A friend never leave Compton for profit, or leave his best friend, little brother"
Rich Spirit
Paris, TX Newark, NJ Chicago, IL
"put me in the Louvre"
GOD.
San Fernando Valley, CA
"Now my home got a Valley peak"
good kid
Compton, CA
"the good kid, m.A.A.d city"
untitled 07 | 2014-2016
Compton, CA Detroit, MI
"Compton is where I'm from"
N95
Cairo, IL Boca Raton, FL Chicago, IL Brooklyn, NY
"I take off to Cairo"
HUMBLE.
Chicago, IL Los Angeles, CA
"This that Grey Poupon"
Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter’s Daughter
Compton, CA Atlanta, GA Paramount, CA Detroit, MI New York City, NY Miami, FL Los Angeles, CA
"I met her at this house party on El Segundo and Central"
For Free? (Interlude)
Deep South
"I need forty acres and a mule"
The Heart Pt. 2
Compton, CA Los Angeles, CA
"And this is Comp-ton, lions in the land of the triumph"
For Sale? (Interlude)
Compton, CA
"Lucy gon' move your mama out of Compton"
reincarnated
Michigan Chitlin' Circuit Los Angeles, CA
"let's take it back to Michigan in 1947"
m.A.A.d city
Compton, CA
"This m.A.A.d city I run, my nigga"
XXX.
New York City, NY Palm Beach, FL Chicago, IL Honolulu, HI Los Angeles, CA
"Wall Street"
Look Out For Detox
Compton, CA California
"I damage ya on camera, in Compton, in Canada"
Mortal Man
Detroit, MI Atlanta, GA Memphis, TN Dallas, TX Brookline, MA Chicago, IL Greenville, SC Gary, IN Los Angeles, CA Oakland, CA
"Is it Huey Newton or Detroit Red?"
We Cry Together
Georgia Palm Beach, FL New York City, NY Los Angeles, CA Chicago, IL
"Shoulda followed my mind in '09 and just moved to Georgia"
Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe
Compton, CA Los Angeles, CA West Coast, CA Southern California
"my city found me, then put me on stages"
Fuck Your Ethnicity
Atlanta, GA Memphis, TN Princeton, NJ Las Vegas, NV
"I saw Martin Luther King with an AK-47"
dodger blue (feat. wallie the sensei, siete7x, roddy ricch)
Los Angeles, CA Willowbrook, CA California Interstate 10, CA West Side Los Angeles, CA
"Não diga que odeia L.A. se você nem passa da 10"
gnx
West Coast, CA Compton, CA Los Angeles, CA
"who put the West back in front of shit?"
The Recipe - Bonus Track
Atlanta, GA Long Beach, CA Miami, FL New Orleans, LA California Texas Pacific Ocean (Southern California Coast), CA
"You might catch me in Atlanta lookin' like a boss"
wacced out murals
Detroit, MI New Orleans, LA New York City, NY Long Beach, CA Los Angeles, CA Compton, CA Cincinnati, OH
"Ridin' in my GNX with Anita Baker in the tape deck, it's gon' be a sweet love"
Auntie Diaries
Compton, CA Los Angeles, CA
"We pull off bumpin' Quik like it was nothing"
Black Boy Fly
Compton, CA Detroit, MI Chicago, IL
"His way up outta Compton with further more to accomplish"
squabble up
Tri-State Area West Coast Los Angeles, CA Southern California
"A yee nigga couldn't try me in the tri-state"
ELEMENT.
Compton, CA Los Angeles, CA I-10 Freeway, CA
"I do it for Compton"
These Walls
Nazareth, PA New York City, NY
"I'm not the God of Nazareth"
man at the garden
Detroit, MI Compton, CA
"GNX with the seat back, reclinin', bitch"
Hood Politics
Compton, CA Detroit, MI Los Angeles, CA West Coast Brooklyn, NY
"50-nigga salute, out the Compton zoo, with the extras"
untitled 02 | 06.23.2014.
Compton, CA Los Angeles, CA Carson, CA Chicago, IL
"Rock-a-lack about to buy the projects"
i
Compton, CA Chicago, IL
"How many times the city making me promises?"
Mirror
Pompano Beach, FL
"[Intro: Kodak Black]"
FEEL.
Chicago, IL Los Angeles, CA Compton, CA
"I feel like Mike Jordan whenever holdin' a real mic"
tv off
Detroit, MI New Orleans, LA Los Angeles, CA
"All I ever wanted was a black Grand National"
Die Hard
London, KY
"Pray for London"
The Spiteful Chant
Compton, CA
"Me and my niggas just acting bad HiiiPower conglomerate"
Blow My High (Members Only)
Brooklyn, NY Compton, CA Philadelphia, PA Aaliyah, NY Left Eye, PA
"R.I.P. Aaliyah, R.I.P., yep"
Count Me Out
Amityville, NY
"Amityville, ain't seen nothin' scarier"
Momma
Compton, CA Southern California Detroit, MI
"I know Compton, I know street shit,I know shit that's conscious"
Complexion (A Zulu Love)
Compton, CA
"I don't see Compton, I see something much worse"
meet the grahams
Los Angeles, CA San Francisco, CA
"Ayy, LeBron, keep the family away"
Backseat Freestyle
Compton, CA Atlanta, GA Memphis, TN Paris, TX Grand Rapids, MI Los Angeles, CA Louisville, KY
"C-O-M-P-T-O-N, my city mobbin' in the street"
Swimming Pools (Drank)
Chicago, IL
"Granddaddy had the golden flask, backstroke every day in Chicago"
YAH.
Jerusalem New York City, NY Fox News, NY
"I'm a Israelite, don't call me black no mo'"
HUMBLE
Compton, CA
all the stars
Compton, CA
squable up
Compton, CA
BLOOD.
Lamar
"Uh, Lamar state his views—"
Cartoon & Cereal
Jungle White folks
"I'm from the bottom of the jungle"
The Heart Part 5
Heaven
"To my brother, to my kids, I'm in Heaven"
i (Single Version)
valley jungle
"Walk my bare feet (Walk my bare feet) Down, down, valley deep (Down, down valley deep, I love myself)"
untitled 05 | 09.21.2014.
the lake outside church
"Drowned inside the lake outside, away you flow"

Rivers & Roads in Song Nearby

Interstate 405 7 Interstate 5 15 Interstate 10 36 U.S. Route 101 10 U.S. Route 66 19

Connected Places

Compton, CA 142nd, CA Aberdeen, WA Akron, OH Alondra, CA Amityville, NY Atlanta, GA Brooklyn, NY Bullis, CA Central, CA Charlotte, NC Chicago, IL Chicago, IL (Michael Jordan's iconic team city), IL Compton, USA, CA Courtland, VA Death Row, CA Detroit, MI Dominguez High, CA El Segundo and Central, CA Fayetteville, NC Food for Less, CA Four Daughters, CA Gardena, CA Georgia State University, GA Gonzales Park, CA Houston, TX L.A., CA Las Vegas, NV London, KY Long Beach, CA Los Angeles, CA Louisville, KY Lueders Park, CA Malibu, CA Manhattan Beach, CA Memphis, TN Miami, FL Nassau Bay, TX New Orleans, LA New York, NY New York City, NY Northside, GA Oakland, CA Omaha, NE Pac, CA Palm Beach, FL Paramount, CA Philadelphia, PA Pompano Beach, FL Rosecrans, CA Sanford, FL South Orange, NJ St. Louis, MO Stockton, CA Tam's, CA Vallejo, CA Virginia Beach, VA Wall Street, NY Washington, DC Washington D.C., DC Watts, CA Westchester, CA White House, DC Willowbrook, CA Wilmington, NC Wilmington, NC (Michael Jordan's hometown), NC Woodstock, NY county building, CA mi barrio, CA projects, CA the Bay, CA
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