After lyrics from his song "Alright" were used during a chant by protesters in Cleveland, Kendrick Lamar decided to share a new music video for his To Pimp A Butterfly interlude "For Free?"
The clip opens with Lamar and his love interest posing in front of a plantation-style home accompanied by a choir, a band, Uncle Sam and an Abraham Lincoln lookalike. Lamar's main lady proceeds to fire off at the rapper via telephone when he appears unexpectedly and begins to share his own dissatisfaction, reminding her that nothing is "for free."
Back in June, the Compton rapper released a video for "Alright," which he used to target police brutality. Later that month, he performed the song at the BET Awards on top of a patrol car. The performance was highly criticized by Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera, who said that the message of the song is harmful.
"This is why I say that hip-hop has done more damage to young African-Americans than racism in recent years. This is exactly the wrong message," he stated.
Lamar fired back at Rivera during an appearance on TMZ Live, saying, "This is our music. This is us expressing ourselves. Rather than going out here and doing the murders myself, I want to express myself in a positive light the same way other artists are doing."
Back in April, To Pimp A Butterfly was certified gold by the RIAA. K Dot's sophomore major label project reportedly passed 500,000, after moving about 63,000 units in its third week. TPAB was Lamar's second album to go gold.
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