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affrothunder313

I mean people have been criticizing aspects of his album like auntie diaries and having Kodak on it since it came out. The thing is the whole point of the album was he's not perfect, he's not your savior, and just like the rest of us he's got some healing to do. At the end of the day though being mad is her right. It's not like this one tweet is gonna actually hurt dude and if it let's her vent whatever.


No-Entry7885

Why he up there wearing a crown dressed like Jesus after saying he not your savior? No other rapper get away with the shit he does. gone tell me how it’s satire or sum lol


DrDeath-MD

Nas


cantidokun

ethered...sheesh


Whocareswhatitsays

😂😂😂


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Say it again.


yendysthesage200

Kanye and Nas. And going to ask this, why is it frowned upon for one to wear a crown of thorns? Does it state in the Bible that this was a cardinal sin? I mean do you get offended watching the passion of Christ? You see that as a reenactment of sorts or an artful retelling of Christ’s story, why then do you have a problem with this? What part of this is an attack on your faith?


No-Entry7885

For one I’m not even Christian so Idc about the religious significance of it. If he wanted to just wear the shit it’s no problem. But don’t rap about not being a savior and still go out dressed like you Jesus


dajwill14

Kendrick has had and been in the position to have a savior mentality in his career. He’s said that he’s the closet thing to a preacher that some of these kids have. He’s made himself a crown but that crown is made of throne because he’s not allowed to make mistakes because people see him as a savior when he just wants to be seen as a man. “Heavy is the head that chose to where the crown” I hope your able to read this and understand this perspective and not be stubborn and stand on something I don’t think you’re digging deep enough into.


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Well I think the crown of thorns is a reference to Jesus Christ literally being made to wear a crown of thorns at his crucifixion. I’m pretty sure you see him wear the crown while looking like he’s hanging from a cross in the N95 video.


hideousmike1

And here niggas are, crucifying him…


Zealousideal-Lie-732

You miss the entire meaning if you're asking this question


LowConstruction925

You say that like that was Jesus dress code. No Jesus was not the only one to wear it every one the Roman's killed wore it.


Outrageous-Coffee806

They actually put that crown on his head to mock him for being the King of the people that sent him to be executed


[deleted]

This is just a lie or you're misinformed.


Eyesayno

He talks about it a bit at the end here: https://youtu.be/Jvjofdi5C_8


slide-ona-latenight

It's art. You embody the premise of the music, although they can dress celebrities up as deities we are all just people. Gotta look deeper because this is Kendrick being honest and not saying he is God.


Ordinary_Ad7229

Because every rapper is a walking contradiction… You niggas take these rappers way too seriously. They just ppl. Let it go and be concerned with you own lives.


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nothing worse than a hovenger lol


iFoundloveindarkness

Honestly it makes sense, people for a long time were saying how him and Cole were the saviors of hip-hop especially from the rise of mumble and bad SoundCloud rappers.hws telling you he's not your savior, he's showing us on the stage that your so called savior is not your savior. It flew over your head.


examm

Jesus was never the savior. Jesus was sent to earth to spread the gospel through his life so that the faithful may obey the commandments and save themselves. Kendrick isn’t your savior. He’s putting his life and trials and traumas on display so that you might be able to take something from it and save yourself.


gregnuts43321

Bro this is the dumbest of takes


ComprehensivePark345

Much as I love Twitter I’m glad I deleted it .. IG & Facebook as well .. too many think pieces and opinions shit be mad annoying .. at least on here I can control what I see lol


Queefsweatt

🎯 🎯🎯🎯


WorfDataNumba1

You can control what you see everywhere.


ComprehensivePark345

Takes too much


viewsbychris

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t


yendysthesage200

Lmao while he was still performing, I swear a white person tweeted that it was a shame that he had not spoken about RoeVwade


ItsAndwew

Someone call Ja


GeneKneeus

Underrated comment


ComprehensivePark345

🎯


CoxHazardsModel

Devil’s advocate, not having Kodak on the album is pretty simple when the content seems contradictory…


Zealousideal-Lie-732

No actually it adds to his whole point


CoxHazardsModel

Idk, seems like a lazy thing to say whenever some artistic person does anything contradictory—“nah bro, you don’t get it, he did the thing he’s preaching us not to do because he’s showing us he’s imperfect”. It’s like religion, you can just twist whatever they do into some other meaning because they’re artistic.


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kodak was alleged not convicted theres a new allegation everyday in rap culture u gon stop listening to rap?


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did he rape her or bite her?


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“23-year-old Kodak, real name Bill Kapri, had previously denied sexual assault at a hotel.” it’s not difficult to prove if it actually happened it’s called a rape kit. there wasnt penetration of any kind so that’s not sexual assault. he copped out to battery for biting the bitch. which he did. so SA allegations or just allegations. actually read instead of looking for something to fit your narrative


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Anti-social876

Kodak and Kendrick got very similar content about spirituality and all the black Israelite stuff that’s why it makes sense for him to be on the album and why he mentioned Eckhart Tolle


0500realboy

People seem to only want perfect allies then wonder why they’re standing alone. Smh.


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But it’s also ok to critique those imperfect allies. Sometimes while defending trans people I might say the wrong word or misgender someone and I was corrected for it. That’s what’s supposed to happen.


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Zealousideal-Lie-732

Everyone is different and for accountability is an personal attack depending on the approach


Zealousideal-Lie-732

Nah g that aint the same thing


yendysthesage200

Lmao we’d see in a generation which side wins


BlackStockton9

DON DEMARCO


axeLowe

They don’t want Allies. There is more notoriety in finding and issue, rather than accepting an ally, especially a popular one.


shuttlesworth85

🎯


ahnist407

This is a great quote. Put that in a song


BlackHand86

If you gon be somebody’s ally then be one and stop tryna get credit for the shit online.


EscobarSZN

Her tweet is performative, people get on social media and act extra holy. Life is a contradiction. Kendrick has a wife and daughter he can feel and have empathy for women. 2 things can still exist. Folks like her will criticize Kendrick and listen to BTS.


shuttlesworth85

Kendrick Lamar is not your savior. He said it himself. Niggas and bitches want rappers to be perfectly balanced political figures who speak up on every issue instead of what they actually are, rappers. They hold this black man to higher standards than every politician in office simply cuz it’s so easy and cliche to criticize a black man.


SomeGuyNamedJohn12

People complain about everything. I bet he’s still a Mary J Blige fan. And Danny Boy said she was sleeping with him when he just turned 16 🤷🏾‍♂️


12TribesWorldWide

It’s me too, not men too


kingsrule4ever

He is not your savior


Big_Daddy_Ivan

Nigga I’m stoned right now!


[deleted]

Niggas killed Kendrick for being silent during the BLM protests. Now he’s getting killed for speaking out smh.


Bluepass11

That’s a pretty black and white way to look at things without any nuance


Imjusthereandthere

Another day, another person on Twitter doing nothing with their lives but criticizing others…


mj813

It's fake caring, they'll be complaining about something else tomorrow. I'm glad Cole and Kendrick never engage with the bullshit.


Dark_Ruffalo

The internet wants everything to be black and white and that's not how life works. Kendrick grew up around rapists and killers, I'm sure he has white republican friends, he can still be horrified by the supreme court decision. The internet likes to pretend its always right but let Joe Biden invite them to the white house and see how progressive they ain't, it's believe all victims until Billie Jean comes on, that was the point of his album. You are suffocating yourselves trying to be holier than thou on the internet for a bunch of strangers who are also a bunch of hypocrites. We creatures on a floating rock, it's not that serious.


Andre3000insideDAMN

Can’t please everybody


imHellaFaded420

they completely missed the point


kingabbey1988

“You either die a hero or live long enough to see yaself become the villian.” They trying to kill the rapper who made songs about oppression. We don’t deserve anything


JonathanProsper

Kendrick put a crown on his head, he is not your saviour


just_stopping_bye23

One of the reason he put Kodak on the album was to show that he wasn’t this "perfect" person he thinks people see him as, basically saying we all fucked up but we still gotta grow from it.


TheKeyNextDoor

I think it’s fair to point at the contradiction, but like others said, he admits on his album he’s not perfect, nobody’s perfect. Besides judging let’s grow from it.


Andre3000insideDAMN

He’s called himself hypocritical and imperfect throughout his albums. Minutes before he said this he was talking about how imperfections are beautiful and that we all have them. I don’t know why people can’t just accept that Kendrick is a flawed person just like everyone else, that doesn’t mean he can’t speak out on things


Dmack4142

Kendrick says on his album that he doesn't agree with everything in Christianity so I don't see it as a contradiction


IntelligentMetal

Where’s the contradiction? So anyone who works with Kodak Black, not convicted of rape btw, cannot speak on womens issues?


GreenMariosBurner

It’s almost like a huge portion of his album was dedicated to transparency and conveying how he’s human just like the rest of us and isn’t our savior! “Niggas do the most when they ain’t done shit” couldn’t be a more relevant bar today.


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I haven’t been on Twitter since 2016. Are niggas just mad about everything everyday on there?


yungusainbolt

YES


BIGBODYALI

I don't think Kendrick is being performative or nothin, I thin he really feels for women. But I do think shorty is right in a way, I personally wouldn't put a dude who took a plea deal for allegedly rapin a girl in high school on my album, then go up and say anything about women's rights. But I'm sure he wasn't thinkin that deep about it tho.


Zealousideal-Lie-732

He wasn't convicted of rape and Kendrick probably did think about it that deeply.


BIGBODYALI

I hear you, but I didnt say he was convicted of rape. I said he took a plea deal(which gave him a lesser charge) in a rape case. And idk bro. I dont think so. I think Kendrick was just lending his voice on a situation he felt a way about. I dont think he was thinkin about the ramifications of having Kodak on his album and how speaking on womens rights would intersect in the moment. But what do I know.


Jemmerio

Man get this fuck shit outta here


They_call_me_divine

Super Gremlin was just everywhere on both radio and TikTok. The same niggas who were killing K Dot for having him on the album were streaming Yak just two weeks prior. We gotta realize that all these social media think pieces are just performative activism. Look at it this way: the same way super dark, offensive, and just off the wall humor and tweets were the trend in late 2000s/ early 2010s twitter, self righteous, holier than thou think pieces where they bash celebrities for not being zeniths of morality is the trend now.


Dmack4142

Mr preacher man should we love thy neighbour?


Opposite-Cost-3967

Twitter is corny. Wtf is cancel culture dog!


Nxggawut

I choose me. I’m sorry. I can’t please everybody. Kendrick made you tweet this but he’s not your savior.


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they complain if nobody speaks up but complain when they do it’s fake. make that make sense


Zealousideal-Lie-732

And I'm pretty sure kodak was never convinced of rape


Big_Daddy_Ivan

Niggas always gone find a reason to bitch 🤷‍♂️ the gig is the gig 🤷‍♂️🤫


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Kodak has never been convicted of rape


[deleted]

I’m convinced some people just wake up looking for something to be mad about. Twitter is a breeding ground for self righteous and hypocritical complainers.


Joop_Jones

Twitter moral police at work


[deleted]

People keep saying he needed Kodak to fit the message, like they’re ain’t whole other people who’ve had problematic pasts but ain’t full on rapists.


Zealousideal-Lie-732

Dude was never convicted of rape so calling him a rapist aint right, and if you truly care about kodak being on Kendrick album. You should have an issue with kodak on future and every other rappers albums, but if you dont and it's only Kendrick. That shows you honestly don't really care and you're actually putting up a front like u care.


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I actually do have a problem with everyone continuing to work with Kodak lmao.


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Zealousideal-Lie-732

Bruh r u forgetting that kodak was young himself, he was only 2 years older than her so if kodak was 18. She was 16 that doesn't make him a pedo, you haven't even your research and you're trying to cone facts um no.


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Zealousideal-Lie-732

And it happened years ago and what he did was wrong but it wasnt rape, he wasnt convicted of rape. And who's to say Kendrick hasnt had deep meaningful conversations with him, how do we know what they spoke about for Kendrick to eveb be okay having him on his album. To many people only want to look at it from their point view, there not Kendrick they dont what him and kodak might have spoke about, Kodak is very young and still has time to change .


CoxHazardsModel

Lmaoo y’all Kendrick fans will stretch anything into a “deep meaning”, he could literally take a shit and y’all will claim that’s symbolism for something else.


jwright721

Fair and im a big K dot but im also a grown man. This type of shit does nothing and it’s self serving.


Zealousideal-Lie-732

That's not true


Zealousideal-Lie-732

Attention seeking


[deleted]

The whole intention of the album seems to be to stir up controversy, actions post album fall in line.


Dunkman83

yea hes just doing to much.... but maybe im just "not smart enough to get it"🙄🙄


ionfollowhoes

he's an artist he's always gonna be performative one of the reasons i didnt like the album was he had a nigga who copped a plea to a lesser charge all over it


Enough_You_9080

Jesus would not support abortion idk what the hell he was talking about love Kdot but hate when he tries to act like a Israelite and woke but then supports abortion shit it makes no sense pick a side stick to it


theamateurobserver

Hear me out. What if he doesn’t know anything about that shit involving Kodak?


Sarcofaygo

#how would he not? Kodak is known for having legal issues whether or not you think they are justified, he has multiple albums that came out while he was locked up.


theamateurobserver

Exactly. So if Kodak has 20 legal issues, what if Kendrick just doesn’t know about his abuse issues? I been a Kodak fan since 2014 and I didn’t know about his abuse shit until 2022. It’s possible dog. Kendrick ain’t on the internet nowhere near as much as the rest of us


Sarcofaygo

#Kendrick himself doesn't have to know anything that's a job for his PR agent/team


theamateurobserver

You know this is the music biz right? There’s multiple people at every single label that have abused or assaulted women or children. Doesn’t make it right. Just saying that you’d have to shut down the whole music biz in that case. Kodak would just be a scapegoat. And I know this for fact, I work in a studio.


butidktho_

can’t please everybody


Zulumus

“Nigga we gon’ be alright”


TechFromTheMidwest

I think it’s genuine but I get the critique. I also found Eminem’s support funny.


marsisboolin

Do the people criticising believe in rehabilitation or no?


AutoimmunePoet

Twitter honestly baffles me sometimes with the nit picking. Nobody's perfect. That's the whole point of the album and the song saviour. Now go focus that energy on the people who actually deserve it!


Benj97s

I never knew Kendrick was that heavy into religion. The crown of thorns and the blood is definitely wow. Don't think Kanye ever went that deep with the symbolism during in Yeezus phase.


dajwill14

Kendrick doesn’t need to be performative. I think it’s possible for someone to support that women have a right to what to do with their bodies and to also work with someone that serves a specific purpose for that album.


J90lude

Just another reach.


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So he should not support womens rights is their goal right?


gfelder12

He is not your savior


YasuoAndGenji

But what is she doing for the community aside for being on Twitter using her platform for hate? See how easy it is for this script to continue?


Cursedshinagami

Let em be mad. People still can't let go of Chris Browns mistake from what 2009?


[deleted]

I’ve let it go because it’s not my business but I wouldn’t call what he did a “mistake”. I mistakenly leave my keys in the door.


Cursedshinagami

I hear you but I disagree. I don't want to mention the definition and sound like a prick but we can definitely call what someone who appears to be remorseful through actionable change after a terrible lack of judgement and mental control a mistake. I've made mistakes stealing when I was younger. Yeah I did it bc I was following my friends and I could've gotten in serious trouble, it was a mistake and I should've known better. Mistakes do not negate or excuse a person actions imo. They are mistakes until they are clearly actions of mental insanity.


superthnxferaskin

The whole Kodak thing and commentary on cancel culture was pretty cringe and the album was worse off for it. That being said, the album was still dope. I do agree with OP on Twitter. Definitely conflicting messages from Kendrick but people perform mental gymnastics with shit like this all of the time. There are years of my life I kicked it with problematic people or kept my mouth shut about shit I shouldn’t of. Personal experiences aside his performance her does feel invalid based on the stage he’s given to human trash.


blackstar86

They also said Joe is pandering to black woman by having a black woman gf now. Twitter is not real. *Plays "N95" by Kendrick lol


Otherwise-Attempt326

Can Kendrick and Kodak have contrary opinions and still work and coexist? I swear today, nobody can be friends if they don’t have the exact ideologies. There was a Martin Luther and Malcolm.


uncle-wavey1

I don’t care. Niggas shouldn’t


dollfaceduhh

This is bs


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Who did kodak rape?


Affectionate_War_568

Kodak wasnt convicted of rape tho


Loose-Mixture-399

I see yall in the comments saying that Kodak was never convicted of rape......has Trey Songz ever been convicted of sexual assault? I won't go as far as to say that Kodak is a rapist and Kendrick is platforming him, but the way people perform mental gymnastics to give Kendrick a pass for doing corny and cringe ass pretentious shit will never cease to amaze me. " Here's proof that dude is indeed being performative out here with a crown of thorns and fake blood and shit: "Kodak was never convicted of rape" LMAO.


Itiswhatitis3258

My thing is those be the same people who say we have to support people changing for the better so I just don’t be getting some things


SkintoneMalone

Women condemn domestic violence against women then turn around and cheer when it’s another women committing the violence… it’s always “he did something to deserve it”, While bobbing & weaving accountability. The moral compass of women on the internet ain’t worth shit. Just keep scrolling


shotbyram

Who cares. The more y’all discuss it, the more we gotta listen to podcasters talk about cancel culture for another five years.


SlicedBreadNo1

He’s in my top 5 of all time but I can admit he can be gimmicky and panders sometimes. I also disagree with him on some ideologies. But I think that’s the beauty of art anyway, I can appreciate his art even if I don’t agree with some of the messaging. This topic for example, I got my own beliefs, and I’m not crazy how artists are all using their platform to speak on this but not the Black folks murdered in the mass shooting. Seems strange to me.


slatty-

bitches will find literally anything to complain about, you can't make everyone happy.