The track Kendrick Lamar made to deal with his “daddy issues”

Kendrick Lamar is an skilled storyteller whose means to color an image along with his phrases is unparalleled in modern hip-hop. The Compton artist (actual identify Kendrick Duckworth) has all the time been open about his life regarding his childhood and household, and in a single observe, the To Pimp A Butterfly lyricist addressed his daddy points.

Kendrick Lamar’s father was a widely known determine in Chicago and was a member of the Gangster Disciples. Previous to Kendrick’s delivery, his father solely had $500 to his identify and moved to California. Nevertheless, when he and the rapper’s mother, Paula Oliver, arrived on the West Coast, he nonetheless received his cash within the streets. 

On his 2022 observe, ‘Father Time,’ Lamar addressed how his father introduced him as much as have a gangster mentality and by no means present his feelings. In line with the emcee, this affected his psychological well being and led him to have “daddy issues.” 

The 2022 track, which appears on Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, opens up with a skit-like phase throughout which Lamar’s fiancée, Whitney Alford, tells him to hunt counselling from religious trainer and writer Eckhart Tolle. 

In a number of lyrics, Lamar expressed how his father skewed his views regarding friendship and forgiveness between males. In a single rap, Lamar rhymes, “When Kanye got back with Drake, I was slightly confused / Guess I’m not as mature as I think, got some healing to do.”

Lamar’s reference to Drake and Kanye just isn’t an accident. In 2021, the pair hosted a ‘Free Larry Hoover’ live performance in December 2021. The incarcerated particular person is the co-founder of the Chicago avenue gang Gangster Disciples.

‘Father Time’ options UK neo-soul singer Sampha and peaked at quantity 11 on the US Billboard Sizzling 100. The observe just isn’t the primary Lamar has made about his father. In 2017, Lamar recorded ‘DUCKWORTH’, which describes an encounter in 1984 between his dad and TDE boss Anthony Tiffith.