10 Things We Learned From Kendrick Lamar's Hot 97 Interview

K Dot chops it up with Ebro in the Morning crew.

King Kendrick - "i" has a special place in the Good Kid's heart, as Kendrick told Hot 97. "'i' is the best song I ever wrote because I never thought in a million years that I’d make a positive record coming where I come from. Never in a million years, my homeboys too. But my homeboys respect me enough to say, ‘Do what you do.’ It’s all God’s work, man."(Photo: Top Dawg Entertainment)
Zulu Love - North Carolina MC Rapsody was the only rapper to trade bars with Kendrick besides Snoop Dogg on TPAB. He said, “She’s talented. Simple as that. It ain’t about the celebrity or how long you’ve been in front of the lights and cameras. She’s been rhyming for a minute and she’s been crazy.”(Photos from left: Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch, Suzi Pratt/Getty Images)
Dreams Come True - Kendrick stated that his favorite song from the album changes throughout the week, but right now it’s the intro, "Wesley’s Theory." He added, "To Pimp a Butterfly is sophisticated gangsta s**t and this is the album I’ve always wanted to make."(Photo:  Chris Weeks/Getty Images for Reebok)
One Nation Under a Groove - P-Funk creator George Clinton also contributed to K Dot’s To Pimp a Butterfly and was around for moral support during the recording process as well. “I just needed him for the conversation. ... I tell you, we’re Nickelodeon, PG-13 to the lifestyle they lived."(Photos from left: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Clear Channel, Jesse Grant/Getty Images for NAMM)True to the Game - Ice Cube had a hand in Kendrick’s rearing, and the West Coast veteran didn’t even know it. “My pops played a lot of Death Certificate and America’s Most Wanted. A lot of them [Ice Cube] records. I didn't know what he was kicking at the time but as I progressed and got older, I realized he’s talking about being a Black man in society and maneuvering through the cracks. So that’s one artist that shaped me for sure."(Photos from left: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for NARAS, Priority Records)

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Zulu Love - North Carolina MC Rapsody was the only rapper to trade bars with Kendrick besides Snoop Dogg on TPAB. He said, “She’s talented. Simple as that. It ain’t about the celebrity or how long you’ve been in front of the lights and cameras. She’s been rhyming for a minute and she’s been crazy.”(Photos from left: Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch, Suzi Pratt/Getty Images)

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