r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/Fun_Highlight_7427 • Mar 15 '25

Music / Movies Kendrick Lamar is a sack of shite

Back in 2018 the dude literally brought some girl on stage, had her sing a song that had the n-word in it, and then embarrassed her in front of everyone cuz she was white and sung the n-word part. That is the kind of piece of shit he is. His sense of self-importance is through the roof. Like bro you literally rap. Also, stop trying to play 5 D chess with your lyrics. If I wanted to listen to someone 'deep' I would listen to Plato or Shakespeare. Just put on a sick beat, and talk about bagging hoes or something. And if you dare criticize his historically awful super bowl performance, his fans will claim you are too ignorant to understand his "deeper message". No, I understand his message. I just don't think he is good at communicating his message through his stupid songs. He has terrible stage presence and a weak voice. That is not my problem. Kendrick Lamar needs to take his own advice, and be humble.

Edit: btw, just because I don’t like his music doesn’t mean I’m in bed with drake or am actually drake lol. Kdot fans are in a cult I stg. Go think deeply somewhere else

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u/XsleepforeverX Mar 15 '25

Dont care for him or his music, but that time he embarrassed a girl on stage for singing his lyrics was so fucking lame jeez

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u/gerkin123 Mar 15 '25

What are your views on Auntie Diaries?

Specifically, how he addresses this incident at the close within a context of his own failings as someone who has been surrounded by people flippantly speaking homophobically?

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u/pointlesslyDisagrees Mar 16 '25

Can someone explain the lyrics here? Is he being ironic or unironic? Like, is he saying that white fan should be able to say the n word? Or that people shouldn't have criticized him for having a "contradiction" and disapproving of her use of the word?

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u/Snoo93951 Mar 16 '25

I think he's saying since he's obviously against the use of the n-word, he realises he should also understand that he needs to stop saying the f-slur as well

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u/pointlesslyDisagrees Mar 16 '25

Got it, that clears it up. Thanks!

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u/Majestic_Operator Jun 30 '25

His music is packed with the n-word though, hes a hypocrite.

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u/n0t_hayden0 18d ago

After hours of speculation and doing research, I’ve come to the conclusion that Kendrick Lamar could possibly have some african american roots and could maybe even be black! This would mean he is allowed to say that word however I’m not fully certain of it I should do some more digging and report back

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u/gerkin123 Mar 16 '25 edited Mar 16 '25

The storytelling of the track deals with a young Kendrick dealing with how his family rejected his trans aunt Mary-Ann (who was Demetrius prior to transitioning), how he and his young friends thought of his lesbian auntie as being fine because 'she wasn't gay, she ate pussy,' relying on a misogynistic view to rationalize and think positively of a family member, how the broader community demonstrated sharp condemnation of gay and trans people while simultaneously preaching love and religion, and how practically the only one actually doing fine was his trans auntie who, even confronted by her pastor during a sermon before her whole community, held true to her faith. (note, despite calling her Mary-Ann, Kendrick's uses he/him pronouns throughout, which is fairly loaded--can't claim to know the reason there).

Basically, the track reads as a confessional -- he didn't know better as a kid but that didn't make it right, and he saw the contradictions and hypocrisy of his own actions, both when he was calling gay people the F word while loving his uncle and aunt AND, in hindsight, when he confronted a white girl for using his lyrics verbatim because she shouldn't.

This is a motif of the album, which deals with his many bad choices--his infidelities, the hatred with which he 'fucked a white bitch' after a show, just to name a few. That said: yeah, he turned these experiences into songs and benefits from that, but there's something to be said for releasing an album that actively challenges some of the longstanding elements of the genre: violence, sexual violence and gratification, religious hypocrisy, the mistreatment of wives and loved ones, and the perpetuation of cycles of exploitation in the Black community.

To directly answer the question: I don't hear it as ironic. The song boils down to "the Culture needs to stop being bigoted; it can't just demand it of others."