Kendrick Lamar

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City is a concept album about a day in the life of a teenage Kendrick Lamar, who is a "good kid" in a "mad city"—Compton, where he grew up surrounded by gang violence and poverty. The album follows his experiences with peers, relationships, and crime, all while he navigates his inner struggle to make good choices amidst his surroundings. The narrative is a fictionalized account of his adolescence that explores themes of innocence, loss, and the pressure to conform to the violent "mad city" mentality.