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                                                               Album: To Pimp A Butterfly  by Kendrick Lamar
1. Context:

Who: kendrick Lamar

Where: Compton , CA

When: 2009

2. Purpose:

Theme: "To Pimp A Butterfly”

·         It was made for the people who know the struggle and grew up in it. Kendrick admits that he has “survivor’s guilt” because he made it out of his bad neighborhood in Compton.

3. Audience:

intended: rap and hip hop fans who want to hear about the struggle

unintended: children, the elderly, anyone who basically doesn’t like rap with explicit lyrics

4. Genre:

·         Kendrick Lamar is associated with rap, hip hop and sometimes trap music

·         Article- “The History of Hip Hop: 1925 to now”

·         Hip hop started in the late 1920’s