PHILOSOPHY

Why Kendrick Lamar Is An Existentialist

Sisyphus 55 | May 4, 2025

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SOURCES
https://www.uri.edu/features/hip-hop-getting-to-the-truth/

https://www.philosophyforlife.org/blog/eckhart-tolle-the-forrest-gump-of-spirituality

https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2022/05/kendrick-lamar-mr-morale-big-steppers-hidden-meaning-explainer-video/

Good kid, m.A.A.d city: Kendrick Lamar’s Autoethnographic Method Author(s): James B. Haile III
Source: The Journal of Speculative Philosophy , Vol. 32, No. 3, SPECIAL ISSUE WITH THE SOCIETY FOR PHENOMENOLOGY AND EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHY (2018), pp. 488-498

If God Got Us: Kendrick Lamar, Paul Tillich, and the Advent of Existentialist Hip Hop
James D. McLeod Jr.
Toronto Journal of Theology201733:1,123-135

https://djbooth.net/features/2017-04-14-kendrick-lamar-damn-decoded

https://archive.philosophersmag.com/existentially-dope/

https://www.complex.com/music/kendrick-lamar-mr-morale-theme-breakdown/relationships

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