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Good Kid, m.A.A.d City: Lamar Performing in 2013

Kendrick Lamar released his major label debut album "good kid, m.A.A.d city" in October 2012 to critical acclaim. The album debuted at number two on the charts and was later certified gold. In 2013, Lamar's verse on the song "Control" caused controversy when he referred to himself as the "King of New York" and vowed to lyrically destroy other rappers. This led to response tracks from rappers like Meek Mill and Cassidy. Lamar also joined Kanye West as the supporting act on his Yeezus tour and was featured on Eminem's album "The Marshall Mathers LP 2".

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Good Kid, m.A.A.d City: Lamar Performing in 2013

Kendrick Lamar released his major label debut album "good kid, m.A.A.d city" in October 2012 to critical acclaim. The album debuted at number two on the charts and was later certified gold. In 2013, Lamar's verse on the song "Control" caused controversy when he referred to himself as the "King of New York" and vowed to lyrically destroy other rappers. This led to response tracks from rappers like Meek Mill and Cassidy. Lamar also joined Kanye West as the supporting act on his Yeezus tour and was featured on Eminem's album "The Marshall Mathers LP 2".

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Hippy and MMG rapper, Stalley, on BET's Music Matters Tour.

[63]
Lamar's major-label debut, good kid, m.A.A.d city, was released on October 22, 2012. The album
was met with critical acclaim and debuted at number two in the US, selling 242,100 copies in its
first week.[64] Later that year, Fuse TV listed Lamar's single, "Backseat Freestyle" among the top
40 songs of 2012.[65] In a few months' time, the album was certified gold by the Recording
Industry Association of America (RIAA). HipHopDX named Lamar "Emcee of the Year" for their
2012 Year-End honors.[66] In November, after Cole posted pictures of himself and Lamar working
in the studio, the latter revealed that the two are still working on a project, but an exact release
date was not given for the joint album: "We are going to drop that out the sky though. I don't want
to give dates. I'm just going to let it fall" in an interview with the LA Leakers. [67]

Lamar performing in 2013

On January 26, 2013, Lamar performed the album's first singles "Swimming Pools (Drank)" and
"Poetic Justice" on NBC's sketch comedy and variety show, Saturday Night Live. In the same
episode, Lamar also appeared alongside guest host Adam Levine and comedy band The Lonely
Island, in an SNL Digital Short, which spawned the single "YOLO".[68][69][70] On February 22, 2013,
Lamar released the video for "Poetic Justice", the Janet Jackson-sampling collaboration with
Canadian rapper Drake.[71] On February 26, Lamar performed "Poetic Justice" on the Late Show
with David Letterman.[72] Just nine months after its release, good kid, m.A.A.d city was
certified platinum by the RIAA, Lamar's first platinum certification.[73]
In August 2013, Lamar's verse on the Big Sean track "Control", made waves across the hip-hop
industry. In the verse, Lamar vows to lyrically "murder" every other up-and-coming rapper,
namely J. Cole, Big K.R.I.T., Wale, Pusha T, Meek Mill, ASAP Rocky, Drake, Big Sean, Jay
Electronica, Tyler, The Creator and Mac Miller. During the song, Lamar also calls himself the
"King of New York", which caused controversy among several New York-based rappers. [74] Many
New York rappers, including Papoose, The Mad Rapper, Mickey Factz, JR Writer,
Mysonne, Joell Ortiz and more, took offense to this. Furthermore, fellow American rappers such
as Meek Mill, Lupe Fiasco, Cassidy, Joe Budden, King L, Bizarre and B.o.B, among many
others, released a response or diss track, within a week.[75] In the days following the track's
release, Lamar's Twitter account saw a 510% increase in followers. [76]
On September 6, 2013, American recording artist and record producer Kanye West announced
he would be headlining his first solo tour in five years, in support of his sixth
album Yeezus (2013), with Kendrick Lamar accompanying him on tour. The Yeezus Tour began
in October.[77][78] In October, it was also revealed that Lamar would be featured on Eminem's
eighth studio album The Marshall Mathers LP 2.[79] On October 15, 2013, Lamar won five awards
at the BET Hip Hop Awards, including Album of the Year and Lyricist of the Year (the latter of
which he had also won the year before). [80] At the award show, Lamar performed "Money Trees",
and was also featured in a cypher alongside his Top Dawg label-mates Jay Rock, Schoolboy
Q, Isaiah Rashad, and Ab-Soul.[81][82] During an October 2013 interview w

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