In a recent interview, Kendrick Lamar explained why he is not active on social media.
Lamar told the New York Times he stays away from social media to not get lost in his ego.
"My social media, most of the time, is completely off. Because I know, like ... I can easily smell my own s**t. I know," said Lamar. "Like, I'm not one of those dudes that be like, 'Oh, yeah, I know how good I am,' but I also know the reason why I'm so good is because God's blessed me with the talent to execute on the talent, and the moment that you start getting lost in your ego, that's when you start going down."
In the interview, the rapper also spoke about his longtime collaborator Dave Free, saying, "What I know for sure is we have this unconditional love to allow each other to grow. I always allowed him to have his room to grow, and he always allowed me to have room to grow in mine."
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