Kendrick Lamar & the Black Hippy crew takes over Houston
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Kendrick Lamar. Pint sized, Overly Dedicated Compton native whose third solo project Section .80 pushed an ungenerous 10,000 units in its first week. Doesn’t sound like the recipe for an artist on a sold out headlining tour, does it? Factor in Section .80 being exclusively available on iTunes without major label support, and 10,000 units sold equals one dedicated fan base. Sold-out, multicultural crowds congregated to Warehouse Live to witness the Black Hippy leader represent what he dubs the “crack baby generation.”
Fellow Black Hippy member ScHoolboy Q opened the show with “Bet I Got Some Weed” before rocking into the crowd with the ASAP Rocky assisted hit “Hands On The Wheel.”
Kendrick Lamar begins his set with “Buried Alive” off Drake’s sophomore albumTake Care. In “Buried Alive” Kendrick describes a deadly addiction known as fame that comes with being apart of the music business:
