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DISGRACELAND

Kendrick Lamar: The Streets, the Studio, and the Struggle for Mercy

DISGRACELAND

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Music, True Crime

4.613.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Before Kendrick Lamar became one of the greatest lyricists of his generation, he was K.Dot—a kid from Compton with a front-row seat to trauma, loyalty, violence, and survival. This is the story of good kid, m.A.A.d city and the real-life events that fueled it. It’s about a drive-by shooting that changed Kendrick forever. About a murder. About a robbery. About friends who vanished and others who couldn’t be saved. It’s about escaping the cycle without forgetting where you came from. And above all, it’s about mercy—in a world that rarely offers any. This episode was originally published on August 26, 2025. For a full list of contributors, visit ⁠⁠⁠disgracelandpod.com⁠⁠⁠ To listen to Disgraceland ad free and get access to a monthly exclusive episode, weekly bonus content and more, become a Disgraceland All Access member at ⁠⁠⁠disgracelandpod.com/membership⁠⁠⁠. Sign up for our newsletter and get the inside dirt on events, merch and other awesomeness - ⁠⁠⁠GET THE NEWSLETTER⁠⁠⁠ Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠ (formerly Twitter)  ⁠⁠⁠Facebook Fan Group⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Double Elvis.

0:06.8

Four billion pounds in pensions stolen in the largest armed robbery in British history.

0:12.2

The heist is just the beginning in prime videos must see new series, Steele.

0:17.4

Hates in the end! Starring Sophie Turner.

0:21.6

These people won't be dead.

0:23.6

You can tell me how you're involved?

0:24.6

Heat magazine calls it unmissable.

0:27.6

You're in the big league now.

0:28.6

We need to take it out now.

0:31.6

Steel, new series, watch now only on Prime Video.

0:36.6

Disgraceland is a production of Double Elvis. New series, watch now only on Prime Video.

0:39.9

Disgraceland is a production of Double Elvis. This is a story about a good kid, a story about a mad city, about Compton, about chaos, about drive-bys, missed funerals, red hats, blue laces, blacked-out impollas, and the devil on both shoulders.

1:13.6

This is a story about hip-hop and about the rapper who didn't just survive it.

1:19.6

He saw through it. He told the truth. And somehow he lived.

1:25.6

This is a story, though, about violence and about trauma and about the long,

1:30.9

slow, brutal climb toward mercy. Mercy for yourself, for your city, for the people who nearly

1:37.9

killed you and the ones who still might. This is a story about Kendrick Lamar, a man who makes great music. Unlike that music, I played

1:47.8

for you at the top of the show. That wasn't great music. That was a preset loop from my

1:52.8

Melotron called Northern Exposure MK2. I played you that loop because I can't afford the rights to

2:00.1

One More Night by Maroon 5. And why would I play you that loop because I can't afford the rights to One More Night by Maroon 5.

2:03.4

And why would I play you that specific slice of,

2:05.7

oh man, who gives a shit?

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