Kendrick Lamar's career started with a pivotal childhood moment he had one fateful day in November 1995 in Compton.

Kendrick Lamar is one of the most acclaimed rappers alive. Born and raised in Compton, California, he'll headline the 2025 ...

filming a video for "California Love" outside the Compton Swap Meet. He was awed by the scene — especially by Shakur standing up for himself after a police car nearly scraped his Bentley.

He was 6 and accompanying his mother to Compton Swap Meet, not far from their home in Huntington Park. "As I watched them ride off into the sunset," he wrote, "I recognized something inherent in the ...