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Vol. 34 No. 3 (2025)

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Kendrick Lamar’s Work in the Context of the Demands of Supporters of the BlackLivesMatter Movement

  • Wojciech Krasucki
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52097/lst.2025.3.171-205  [Google Scholar]
Published: 2025-12-08

Abstract

This article analyzes the work of rapper Kendrick Lamar in the context of the demands of supporters of the BlackLivesMatter movement. Specifically, the article examines online press materials created after April 16, 2018, when the artist was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his composition.

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