But Lamar’s circle seems only to grow smaller, his music indebted to those who came before. It has become commonplace for hip-hop’s biggest artists to see themselves as globalist curators, absorbing and spreading new sounds. His verses felt like pronouncements, the words rushing out as though he had been tasked with conveying an entire community’s joys and sorrows. At the 2016 Grammys, he began his performance as part of a chain gang. At the BET Awards, he performed the song on the roof of a vandalized police car. ![]() In the video for “Alright,” he soars over Los Angeles and the Bay Area, astonishing all who see him, until a cop brings him down. On “DAMN.,” he’s drawn to the idea of being judged by what we leave behind.
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