While talking with NPR Kendrick Lamar spoke about where he comes from and the things he had to overcome to become who he is today. In the interview Kendrick actually talks about witnessing a murder for the first time in Compton as a child. "It was outside my apartment unit, a guy was out there, serving narcotics, and somebody rolled up with a shotgun and blew his chest out. We kids play in this apartment unit, riding our bikes or what not, so admittedly it done something to me right then and there, to let me know this is not only something I'm looking at but it's something maybe I have to get used to, you dig what I'm saying?" Kendrick also talks about how close he was to being in the gang life when asked and said "How close, I was on the edge, fast, in a hurry. You grow up inside these neighborhoods in these communities, and you have friends, friends that you love, friends that you grew up with since elementary and you have their trust and their loyalty. So it brings influence. So no matter how much of a leader I thought it was, I was always under the influence, period. Most of the time when they're involved in these acts of destruction, I was right there." Make sure to check out the interview below.