Watch Kendrick Lamars “Growing Up With Kendrick Lamar” Documentary
“If I was you and I had a camera right now, where I would go is a little city called Bompton,” Snoop Dogg told Noisey last year. “It’s Compton, but it’s where the Bloods is at. Because they put a B in front of anything so it’s Bompton.” Noisey took the O.G’s advice and headed there with their camera.
Compton, California, is one of hip-hop’s most celebrated locales, the birthplace of acts like N.W.A. and, more recently, Kendrick Lamar. It’s also home to a complicated gang culture. Noisey Bompton centers around Kendrick Lamar and the friends he grew up with on the West Side of Compton, many of whom feature on the cover of his album To Pimp A Butterfly. In the first of six segments, we sit down with Kendrick to talk about his acclaimed albums, pay a visit to his high school, Centennial, and get to know his childhood friend Lil L.
Noisey Bompton is a new documentary made by the people who brought you Noisey Atlanta and Noisey Chiraq. It’s the first episode in a new series, NOISEY, on VICE’s upcoming TV channel VICELAND. Check out the documentary and tell us what you think:
