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Kendrick Lamar's teacher reflects on his early start

Before he was a Pulitzer prize winner with nearly two dozen Grammy Awards, Kendrick Lamar was a student in Compton. Karma Dickerson reports for the NBC4 News on Wednesday Feb. 6, 2025.

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