The Heart 5 & Kendrick Lamar

The Heart Speaks Music Ep.1

Welcome to a special segment called “The Heart Speaks Music” In the upcoming weeks I’ll be releasing a series of segments where I dive deeper into the things that make us all tick - Love, Culture, Politics and Music I hope ya’ll are ready, I know I am.

Kendrick released, “The Heart pt 5” a few weeks earlier as a precursor to his new album, it was an uncovering of deep seated wounds that both Kendrick and his community — in Compton, as well as the larger African-American community — have been bearing for a long time.

Those wounds, caused by poverty, domestic abuse and gang violence, often manifest in unbearable feelings of worthlessness and shame when when caught in a cyclical relationship with “the culture.” In this special segment of what I like to call "The Heart Speaks Music" I explore how Kendrick illustrates his growth as an artist and as a Black man, while lamenting about the racial bias and complex social issues in a video featuring only a single shot held on Lamar.

My new episode “The Heart 5 & Kendrick Lamar” is out now so let's dive right in!