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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

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 38 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. 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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Double Elvis.

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0:44.7

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1:01.2

disgraceland.com. Discraceland is a production of Double Elvis.

1:26.6

This is a story about a good kid.

1:31.9

A story about a mad city. about Compton, about chaos,

1:40.1

about drive-bys, missed funerals, red hats, blue laces, blacked-out impollas, and the devil on both shoulders.

1:41.6

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

1:47.0

He saw through it. He told the truth. And somehow he lived. This is a story, though, about

1:54.5

violence and about trauma and about the long, slow, brutal climb toward mercy.

2:03.4

Mercy for yourself, for your city,

2:07.1

for the people who nearly killed you and the ones who still might.

2:10.0

This is a story about Kendrick Lamar,

2:12.9

a man who makes great music.

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