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Polish Singer Uses Blackface and N-Word To Imitate Kendrick Lamar

Kuba Szmajkowski made his impression of the Compton rapper on the game show ‘Your Face Sounds Familiar.’

Kendrick Lamar was reportedly imitated by a Polish talent show contestant who wore blackface and rapped the n-word to one of the Compton rapper’s biggest hits.

During singer’s Kuba Szmajkowski performance on the game show Your Face Sounds Familiar, where contestants portray celebrities, he delivered his best impression of the artist when performing his 2017 single “HUMBLE.”

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While hitting the stage, Szmajkowski donned blackface makeup and fake braids while not choosing to censor his use of the n-word. The performance was not only jeered, but it ended up winning Season 19 of the game show, with the singer donating the prize money to the Przstan Nadziei Foundation to benefit children with cancer.

Since the performance, Szmajkowski and “Your Face Sounds Familiar” producers have come under fire for the racist stunt. Lamar wasn’t the only celebrity impersonated on the show, as both Kanye West and Beyoncé have been imitated.

Kendrick Lamar has not responded publicly to the impersonation.

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