In today’s article, let’s have a little fun:

Back in 2011, a young music industry photographer named David Black was tasked with taking pictures of a relatively unknown Compton rapper named Kendrick Lamar…

On the wall of the make-shift garage studio Kendrick was recording in…

There was a piece of paper placed up with five success principles, written in Lamar’s own hand.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Introduction
01:04 Kendrick Motivation #1 — Charisma / Personality / Swagger
01:28 50 Cent’s Influence on Kendrick Lamar’s Work Hard Mentality
02:34 Kendrick’s Personality Keeps Him Balanced
03:21 “Hit Records Hot Beats”
03:42 Kendrick Is A Student of the Music AND The Business
04:18 Kendrick Motivation #2 — Substance
05:24 Kendrick Motivation #3 — Lyrics
07:02 “Hit Records Hot Beats”
07:08 Kendrick Motivation #4 — Uniqueness
08:28 Kendrick Motivation #5 — Work Ethics
09:26 Kendrick Lamar Work Hard Secret: Show Up On Time
09:33 Get There Early
09:42 Comment and Get Your Free Course

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Now, upon further research for this article we have been told that these success principles MIGHT have been written by Kendrick Lamar’s mentor and CEO of Top Dawg Entertainment, Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith…

However once we go through this list, I’m confident you’ll see these as the main blueprint for Kendrick’s success whether he wrote it himself or if his mentor “Top Dawg” wrote it for him.

Kendrick Motivation #1 — Charisma / Personality / Swagger
“Call it what you like, but without it you’re just a human reading off of a paper. Believe it or not, 50 being shot in his mouth area gave him more style and personality from the straight forward, aggressive style he had during his Columbia days. It instantly stood out when his attorney played the his demo in the summer of ’02”

50 Cent’s Influence on Kendrick Lamar’s Work Hard Mentality
Before we even get into the science of the Kendrick’s steps, I want to point out something for you:

The rapper who gets mentioned the most in Kendrick’s success rules is none other than 50 Cent.

Kendrick’s Personality Keeps Him Balanced
With that being said, the first thing that should stand out for us in this quote in the Kendrick Lamar work hard mindset is that he puts “style” and finesse at a premium.

While being considered one of the greatest lyricists of all time and a true master of technical writing proficiency as a rapper…

Kendrick Is A Student of the Music AND The Business
Kendrick realizes there are two components to the music business…

MUSIC and BUSINESS.

So even in success principle #1, he is already referencing the history of 50 Cent’s signing allegiances…

…With 50’s first major label deal being with Columbia.

Kendrick Motivation #2 — Substance

“The ability to move people through words is a gift like nothing else. Add the right backdrop to that gift and you’ve got a winner. 50 Cent’s “Many Men” is a prime example of a street rapper taking audiences into the inner psyche of the stress that comes from living the life of a street cat.”

It’s quite interesting that for all of the artists Kendrick Lamar could connect with “substance”… he again, chose 50 Cent.

Kendrick Motivation #3 — Lyrics
“I believe MCs make great artists (Biggie, Eminem, Jay-Z, Big Pun). It’s just a matter off knowing the advantages and disadvantages of being a wordsmith in a climate where dumbing down is widely embraced.

Kendrick Motivation #4 — Uniqueness
“Whether it’s perspective or style, I look for something that’s going to stand out from the rest of the pack and eventually appeal on a coast to coast level. I found Bobby Creekwater; a Southern MC going toe to toe with a respected East Coast MC, without sacrificing his Southern swagger. It instantly showed me that he could appeal with two different factions of the Hip-Hop audience.”

Let’s start with a bit about Bobby Creekwater:

Now I can’t lie, I had to do a little research on him because his name didn’t ring a bell off of the top of my head.

Kendrick Motivation #5 — Work Ethics
“The current top 5 didn’t get there off mere talent. You match talent with drive and a rapper’s probability of being a long term brand increased daily.

Kendrick Lamar Work Hard Secret: Show Up On Time
I think the most interesting portion of this point is that Kendrick makes a point to reference actually SHOWING UP ON TIME to events.

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