Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar has updated the itinerary for the Australian leg of his 'Big Steppers' world tour, adding new dates in Melbourne and Sydney.

Thursday 8 – Gadigal Land / Sydney, Qudos Bank Arena This album is as much about struggle as it is freedom, and what a beautiful sentiment that is.” Joining him for all dates will be cousin Baby Keem and Tanna Leone.

Kendrick Lamar in Ghana reportedly shooting documentary, Falz teases unreleased song with The Cavemen, Aubameyang retires from international football.

“I would like to thank the Gabonese people and all those who have supported me in the good like the bad times.” A fashion and pop culture writer who watches a lot of TV in his spare time. “After 13 years of pride in representing my country, I announce that I am ending my international career,” the 32-year-old wrote in an open letter to Gabon fans. The World Health Organization (WHO) says doctors detected it when the child began experiencing the onset of paralysis in late March. Neighboring Malawi reported a similar case in February this year. Mozambique has declared an outbreak of wild polio after a young child was diagnosed with the disease in the country’s north-eastern Tete province — its first case in 30 years. Monkeypox in the UK, Portugal & probably Spain. Chocolates laced with Salmonella. And oh yeah, Mozambique has found wild type #polio, its first case in 30 years. Last week the department said the government had budgeted $1m for the installation of the flag and another $400,000 for geotechnical studies. The health ministry is planning a vaccination drive aimed to reach children who are either not immunized or partially protected to boost their immunity. Bonang Matheba has joined in the outrage over the department of sports, arts, and culture’s plan to build a $1.4m 100m-high “monumental” flag. Please.” Bonang said of the minister. Kendrick Lamar has taken the promotion for his new album, “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers,” abroad, as the rapper was recently spotted in Accra, Ghana, where he is reportedly filming a documentary. Kendrick Lamar in Ghana reportedly shooting documentary, Falz teases unreleased song with The Cavemen, Aubameyang retires from international football.

By Tribune Staff. NASHVILLE, TN — Kendrick Lamar, the only Hip-Hop artist to win a Pulitzer, not only has a new album available, but will be heading back on ...

Lamar’s cousin and frequent collaborator, Baby Keem, as well as Tanna Leone — who are featured on the new release track “Mr. Morale,” will provide support for the rapper on select dates. Tickets for the tour go on sale nationwide Friday. “Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers” was released last Friday. It is Lamar’s fifth studio album and his first in five years following his last, Pulitzer Prize-winning release. NASHVILLE, TN — Kendrick Lamar, the only Hip-Hop artist to win a Pulitzer, not only has a new album available, but will be heading back on tour this summer.

Humanity lucked out this past Friday the 13th when Kendrick Lamar released his double album, “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers,” after 1855 anxious days of ...

The Diaspora Affairs Office of the President has confirmed that American rapper Kendrick Lamar is in the country to shoot a documentary.

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Concordia University professor Yassin “Narcy" Alsalman will be teaching a course about 14-time Grammy winner Kendrick Lamar this winter.

Professor Alsalman, who’s also a rapper known as Mr. Iraqafella, says the “Fear 298: The Power of Hip Hop, It’s Bigger Than Us” course will “analyze the music and fashion, activism and passion of hip-hop culture through Kendrick Lamar’s discography, videography, and narrative. In February, he performed at the Super Bowl LVI halftime show alongside Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, and Anderson Paak. The course will also serve as a “venue for exploring contemporary issues in relation to personal lived experiences of hip hop culture while considering the historical context,” says Asalma. “Students will develop skills in critical thinking and observation while making connections between the personal and political aspects of hip hop.”

Concordia University prof Yassin “Narcy” Alsalman is following up his Kanye West course with a Kendrick Lamar course in the winter of 2023.

Students will develop skills in critical thinking and observation, while making connections between the personal and political aspects of hip hop.”—Yassin “Narcy” Alsalman “The course will serve as a venue for exploring contemporary issues in relation to personal lived experiences of hip hop culture, while considering historical context. As Alsalman explained in a Twitter thread, the course — titled The Power of Us, It’s Bigger Than Hip Hop — will cover “the music and fashion, activism and passion of hip hop culture” via Lamar’s music, videos and backstory, focusing on practice and philosophical questions.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to writer Raquel Willis about Kendrick Lamar's song "Auntie Diaries" which has divided trans people with its story of how he came ...

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The Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers rapper has been seen playing soccer and video games in the West African country.

To Kendrick Lamar, his beautiful family, his team and friends, and to our Diaspora we say Akwaaba! Is he taking a vacation? Is he doing a show?

As good as the new album sounds, it doesn't exactly feel that good because of certain stances espoused in his lyrics. 'Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers' is ...

Unlike other projects that felt personal but simultaneously universally applicable — “Alright” and “i” are considered anthems for a reason — Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers is a pointedly subjective work, pages torn out of Lamar’s journal and turned into song for the sake of personal liberation. Clearly, Lamar’s self-imposed time out of the limelight has resulted in some serious heart work, because the artist of the To Pimp a Butterfly and DAMN eras is not the man we see today. He continues in that same vein in Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, dedicating several bars to denouncing cancel culture and the censure of political correctness. We learn of the things he’s been working through in his sessions, like the gaping emotional void created by the conditional relationship with his dad (“Father Time”), the toll of excellenceon his mental health (“Crown”), and the near-destruction of his longterm relationship with his partnerdue to his own repeated unfaithfulness (“Mother I Sober”). Lamar is telling on himself in Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, pulling the messiest, most intimate details from the diary tucked under his pillow in hopes that his listeners may learn from the ghosts of his past still chasing him today. “Bite they tongues in rap lyrics/Scared to be crucified about a song, but they won't admit it,” Lamar raps with venom on “Savior.” “Politically correct is how you keep an opinion/Ni***s is tight-lipped/F**k who dare to be different.” But the feature also ties into Lamar’s other big theme on Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, which is an especially critical stance against cancel culture. And as a Black woman listening to the album, it feels particularly isolating. One such creative decision involves the choice to recruit fellow rapper Kodak Black to appear on Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers on multiple tracks. A talented wordsmith, the rapper has always been able to tell a story through his music (hence the reason he became the first rapper in history to everwin a Pulitzer Prizein 2018), and his work speaks to everything from typical rap braggadocio (“Control” and “King’s Dead”) to more serious topics like addiction(“Swimming Pools (Drank)”) and police brutality(“Alright”). In the more recent years of his career, Lamar has settled into a pocket of sociopolitical and personal commentary, using his skill as a storyteller to spark discourse on the troubling state of the world today from his unique vantage point. On May 13, the Compton rapper finally resurfaced from his hiatus with Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, officially marking the grand finaleof his run as the king of his record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE). The project, an 18-track double album, is a reintroduction to the new Kendrick Lamar: a son, a father, a lover, and a spiritual being striving towards a higher frequency. As beautifully composed as the production is, the album is, at many points, uncomfortable to sit with because he’s bearing it all without a censor. Lamar’s public introspection on the album is multi-layered and vulnerable, but the potency of his message is undercut by some of the other choices he made on the project that left many of us scratching our heads.

Gorillaz goes on its first North American tour since 2018, with a stop in Denver at Ball Arena on Wednesday, September 28.

Send the details to [email protected]. Looking for more to do? Visit the The Elegant Plums: With Mountain Rose, The Skinny and EZLOVE, Fri., June 10, 7:30 p.m., $15-$18 Townies: With Spells and Tuff Bluff, Thu., June 23, 9 p.m., $12-$15 Miss Massive Snowflake: With Owosso and The Repulsors, Wed., June 22, 8 p.m., $10 The Ephinjis: With LEGS, Fri., June 10, 8 p.m., $15 Love Gang: With Midas and Eaglewing, Fri., June 3, 9 p.m., $12-$15 Wave Decay: With Emerald Siam and Cleaner, Sat., June 18, 9 p.m., $12-$15 Cory Grinder and the Playboy Scouts: With Casey James Prestwood & the Burning Angels, Sat., June 4, 8 p.m., $15 J-Calvin: With Connor Terrones and Specific Ocean, Fri., June 3, 8 p.m., $15 The Copper Children: With David Lawrence & the Spoonful and Coppertail, Sat., May 21, 8 p.m., $15 Ike Spivak: With Space Force and The Cuddies, Thu., May 26, 8 p.m., $15

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to writer Raquel Willis about Kendrick Lamar's song "Auntie Diaries" which has divided trans people with its story of how he came ...

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Tickets for Sunny Day Real Estate, Bret McKenzie, Death Cab, Ghost w/ Mastodon, and more are also up for grabs. kendrick lamar gorillaz lady gaga the shins ...

Check out tour stops and secure tickets via Ticketmaster. The full tour begins on September 2nd in Columbus, Ohio and wraps up on November 12th in Los Angeles. The trek will be celebrating his forthcoming album, Love, Damini, set to arrive on June 30th. The tour officially kicks off September 24th in Brooklyn, and runs through October 20th date in Denver. The band will then continue on to an appearance at When We Were Young festival. The “Bill Burr (Slight Return)” standup comedy tour just got bigger. This new leg of the tour will finally bring the band back to Canada with gigs in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and more. The month-long outing kicks off August 26th in San Diego, and will wrap with a September 23rd show in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Little Monsters, assemble: Lady Gaga’s long-awaited “Chromatica Ball” will finally take place this summer, now scheduled with a few new dates added to the itinerary. The North American leg begins on October 14th and includes cities like New York, Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Austin before wrapping on November 20th. Secure seats over on Ticketmaster. Death Cab for Cutie have unveiled a run of US tour dates for 2022 with can’t-miss supporting acts Low, Yo La Tengo, and Artist of the Month alum illuminati hotties. Kung Fu Kenny is back with his first album in five years, and he’ll be embarking on “The Big Steppers Tour” in celebration.

Adam Diehl, Anthony B. Pinn and Dr. Christopher Driscoll – who have all taught a course on Kendrick Lamar – weigh in on some of the topics within the ...

For instance, Kendrick’s last several albums inspired thousands of young and old Black folks, people of colour, and white folks to take to the streets and demand that Black lives matter. The album tells our stories and in doing so holds up a mirror – making us see ourselves through all our anxieties, our insecurities, our wants, our needs; but that mirror also reflects back our strengths. Down the back of Kendrick’s pants is a firearm of indeterminate size – it could be a revolver or a sawed off shotgun – and he is prepared to fight to the death to protect his family. The white world has justified its abuse of Black people – its destruction of Black life by denying that Black people feel pain in the same way. It’s been a good number of years since Alright, but for Kendrick we are still “fucked-up” and in need of some therapy. Speculation about this album has been rampant for the entirety of the pandemic, and the Michael Jordan I’m Back-esque pgLang announcement of Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers in late April added an oil tanker of fuel to the fire. bought a Bible.” That Bible (or one like it) graces the cover of Section.80. Kendrick’s journey with Christianity has been the common thread in all his work thus far – along with the neighbourhood of Compton and all that comes with it. Standing in profile on the cover, he looks poised to listen for the voice of God, rather than announce it to his audience (in this case, his family). The allusions and confessions to infidelity and “lust addiction” could have driven him from feeling like he was in God’s good graces. Since To Pimp a Butterfly, Kendrick has been conflicted about his calling to be a Moses to Black America, leading them out of an enslaving, destructive land – as mental and spiritual as it is physical and material. As with any Kendrick release, it’s incredibly layered and we’re still in the process of analysing its multitude of references – which ranges from biblical imagery to that time he asked a white fan to self-censor a racial slur onstage. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers turns the mirror away from society and instead focuses on the individual – and none more clearly than Kendrick himself. We hit up Adam Diehl – an expert in hip-hop culture and lyrical analysis – along with Anthony B. Pinn and Dr. Christopher Driscoll, who both co-edited the book Kendrick Lamar and the Making of Black Meaning. Pinn is an American professor whose work lies at the intersection of African-American religion and humanist thought; Driscoll is a scholar of race, religion and culture.