Tag: Kendrick Lamar

  • Glastonbury closes with Kendrick Lamar chanting “Godspeed for women’s rights”

    By Online Desk

    Glastonbury closed with the US rapper and songwriter Kendrick Lamar chanting “Godspeed for women’s rights.”

    At the end of his set while he was performing “Savior,” he chanted “Godspeed for women’s rights; they judge you, they judge Christ” repeatedly in reaction to the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. He also did a handful of tracks from his most recent album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, including “N95,” “Silent Hill,” and the aforementioned “Savior,” according to Stereogum music blog.

    “Godspeed for women’s rights”@kendricklamar pic.twitter.com/JJjCcRPGMe
    — KENDRICK LAMAR BIBLE (@dakendrickbible) June 26, 2022
    “Glastonbury closed with rapper Kendrick Lamar making a dramatic statement apparently referencing the US Supreme Court ruling on abortion, wearing a crown of thorns as fake blood poured from his face,”Sky News reports.

    Lamar is known to be a Christian and indicated before his final track began that the crown of thorns represented Christ.

    “I wear this crown. They judged Christ. They judge you, they judge Christ,” he said, before launching into the number.

    The crown was reportedly made by Tiffany and Co and features 8,000 diamonds, according to British Vogue.

    He continued the chant of “they judge you, they judge Christ” at the end, intermingling it with “Godspeed for women’s rights”, before he suddenly left the stage, leaving his dancers behind, Sky News added.

  • Eminem makes history by breaking record for most Gold, Platinum singles

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: American rapper and songwriter Eminem has made history by becoming the Recording Industry Association of America’s (RIAA) new King of Gold and Platinum Singles.

    According to Deadline, RIAA revealed that the rapper has now become the No 1 awarded act for singles in the 64-year history of the Gold and Platinum program.

    Thanks to 73.5 million new certifications, the Oscar winner’s career haul currently sits at 227.5 million, which consists of 166 million single certifications and 61.5 million album certifications, reported the outlet.

    He has also become one of only seven artists with three or more Diamond-certified albums for sales of at least 10 million units in the U.S.

    Eminem broke out in 1999 with his second album ‘The Real Slim Shady’, which featured the classic single ‘My Name Is’, then hit the stratosphere with his 2000 follow-up ‘The Marshall Mathers LP’.

    Recently, he was part of the historic Super Bowl Halftime Show that also featured Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J Blige and Kendrick Lamar.