Kendrick Lamar responded to a viral video showing a security guard crying during a performance of “Love” at a concert in Houston last week, saying “that’s how you want people to receive your music.” friend.”
Devyn Sanford was working on Lamar’s concert at the Toyota Center last Friday night when he was filmed in an extremely emotional state, in tears as the 35-year-old rapper performed on the backstage he.
The video has attracted nearly 12 million views on TikTok since Thursday.
“That’s what music should do”, the rapper said about the emotional video of the security guard
Meanwhile, Lamar caught the 10-second clip and told 12-year-old reporter Jazzy about Jazzy’s World TV that he wondered ‘what (Sanford) was going through,’ but added it was what music should do.
‘At the end of the day, that’s how you want people to perceive your music, you know, make them feel good, make them feel like a moment they bonded over. [to]. It can live forever,” Lamar told Jazzy.
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The 14-time Grammy winner added that he wants his music and legacy to “impact and inspire people”.
“Through my music, I want to make sure it’s legacy – showing people how to communicate – and it’s okay if you’re imperfect, it’s about accepting the beauty of imperfection,” he says. speak.
Sanford said FOX 26 Houston that he was “going through a tumultuous time in my life” in 2013, when the song “Love” was first released, saying that listening to it “brought me back”.
The security guard almost missed the chance for the viral moment as he debated whether to buy a ticket or work on the show, however he says it will still have the same effect on him. me in some way.
Catch up on the emotions between the energy of the concert, the lyrics
Sanford said he was emotionally drawn between the energy of the concert and the lyrics of the song performed.
“Kendrick Lamar is one of my favorite artists, so I’ll definitely be there,” the security guard told Fox 26 Houston. “I debated whether or not to just buy tickets or do shows, and I decided to do it, and it still has the same impact.”
“I’m almost just receptive to people’s feelings and I tried my best to hold it together, but I just wanted to cry,” he told the outlet.
Kendrick Lamar’s team contacted security guards
Since it went viral, Sanford said Lamar’s team has contacted him to send him free merchandise, while also having a chance to meet the rapper on the table.
“They wanted to send me some free merchandise and I thought I could talk to him, or something. I’m not really sure,” he said. “I’m still trying to process it all.”
