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Found myself screaming in a hotel room. I didn't want to self-destruct.

Kendrick Lamar

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Kendrick Lamar
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: June 17
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We all, we all good people just trying to escape the negative influence that come around us and that's the story of my life, you know? Trying my best to get around the ills and I bumped my head a few times but I think, you know, music is my savior for right now, for me and my whole group.
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