White House sends ‘shout out’ to Kendrick Lamar after Grammy performance
Monday evening, Grammy host LL Cool J declared on the red carpet that it was going to be Kendrick Lamar's night and he couldn't have been more correct.
Monday evening, Grammy host LL Cool J declared on the red carpet that it was going to be Kendrick Lamar’s night, and he couldn’t have been more correct.
Lamar kicked off the evening’s broadcast by receiving the Best Rap Album award from fellow Compton-ite Ice Cube for To Pimp A Butterfly. Then he went on to have one of the most celebrated performances of the evening.
However, many on social media think one of the coolest King Kendrick moments of the evening was when The White House sent him a shout out.
Directly following his acceptance speech, the official Twitter account of the White House posted:
“Shoutout to @KendrickLamar and all the artists at the #Grammys working to build a brighter future. #MyBrothersKeeper”
Lamar previously made headlines after it was revealed he spent time with POTUS in the Oval Office as the two teamed up for the #MyBrothersKeeper campaign.
Check out reactions from the Twitterverse below.
Shoutout to @KendrickLamar and all the artists at the #Grammys working to build a brighter future. #MyBrothersKeeper https://t.co/XM0KwV3jNB
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) February 16, 2016
Kendrick Lamar's Grammy performance set Black History Month on fire https://t.co/5IpwusabwB #BHM pic.twitter.com/fFBeBvaE9B
— xoNecole (@xonecole) February 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/TheChainBreaker/status/699593153909641216
https://twitter.com/IY14/status/699532277475180545
https://twitter.com/heavenrants/status/699629950358458368
Bruh. The White House shouted out Kendrick. BRUH. https://t.co/YEvqVThJn0
— LAuren B (@blackestberrry) February 16, 2016
Kendrick won best rap album on #GRAMMYs on #PresidentsDay for #TPAB in front of the whitehouse …fate! @TAXSTONE pic.twitter.com/4PqngvuLQG
— The Rap Museum (@TheRapMuseum) February 16, 2016
What an embarrassment. Of all the artists, Obama's admin gives a "shoutout" 2 Kendrick w/his BlackLivesMatter anthem https://t.co/amw7laA2as
— Tracy 🇺🇸 (@LilSoCalGal) February 16, 2016
I just told my dad that Obama's fave rapper is Kendrick and now he's thinking maybe Kendrick is ok.
— Samhita-Lo (@TheSamhita) February 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/_TeePreme/status/699688073232150528
Obama is watching Kendrick now like "yeaaaah that's my boy"
— Chief Obi (@Chief_Obi) February 16, 2016
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