Kendrick Lamar: the rise of a good kid rapper in a mad city

Despite being steeped in gang culture, the rapper who Pharrell Williams calls 'this era's Bob Dylan' deconstructs the lifestyle rather than glamourising it"You know Compton," rumbles Kendrick Lamar. "You don't hear no artists from Compton showing vulnerability. You always hear about the person pulling the trigger. You never hear about the one in front of it."There are a lot of sharp observations in Kendrick Lamar's debut album, good kid, m.A.A.d city. But the most perceptive, the one that best p...

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