Later, Lamar also calls back to an infamous real-life moment onstage in 2018 when he brought a white fan up to rap with him, and she repeated anti-Black slurs that, from Lamar’s mouth, would be a normal part of hip-hop vernacular, but made him stop the show to reprimand her. Lamar cites his trans uncle as the first person he ever saw writing raps - an influence that made his career possible.īut Lamar also “Asked my momma why my uncles don’t like him that much / And at the parties why they always wanna fight him that much / She said, ‘Ain’t no tellin’ / N- always been jealous because he had more women / More money and more attention made more envy.’” “See, my auntie is a man now, slight bravado / Scratching the likes from lotto / Hoping that she pull up tomorrow.” On “Auntie Diaries,” a younger Lamar tries to make sense of his affection for and fascination with the trans relatives around him, while navigating and absorbing the slights and violence he sees around them. “I watch him and his girl hold their hands down.” “My auntie is a man now / I think I’m old enough to understand now,” he says at the song’s opening. The song plays out over years of his youth, as Lamar comes to understand that a figure he once knew as a favorite aunt has transitioned into a male identity. But it’s also won over some trans listeners for being wrenchingly accurate about this cis, straight Black man’s path to a fuller understanding of his relations. The song has already antagonized some listeners with its pointed use of anti-gay slurs and other purposefully ugly language around gender and sexuality. But true to form, the Pulitzer Prize-winning hip-hop star doesn’t approach it in an easy redemptive arc. The song is a vivid, exceptionally provocative look into the mind of a younger Lamar forming a concept of transness amid a working-class Compton culture not often inclined to embrace it.

Morale & the Big Steppers,” wrestling with big issues: identity, spirituality, monogamy, mortality.īut no single track has sparked more online conversation than “Auntie Diaries,” on which Lamar explores his evolving relationship with his trans relatives. Marvel Studios had no comment.Kendrick Lamar spends much of his new 18-song double album, “ Mr. Reps for Usher and Thompson did not get back to us. I am so lucky to have her in my life.” Monáe’s song “Make Me Feel” has been called a “bisexual anthem.”Ī day before the separation announcement, Usher unveiled a bizarre under-chin tattoo inked by celebrity tattooist Dr. But Thompson told “Entertainment Tonight” in February, “we’ve been really good friends.

Meanwhile, fans have speculated that Marvel It girl Thompson is dating Monáe, with whom she’s collaborated on a music video.

But Usher and Miguel confirmed the split on Tuesday - and reports said they’ve actually been separated “a couple of months.” The pair told Us Weekly in a statement: “After much thought and consideration we have mutually decided to separate as a couple.” Sources were confused by Usher’s apparent interest in Thompson. Kim Kardashian wears rare Chanel 'Barbie' necklace for Super Bowl halftime announcement Usher plans to bring pole dancers to the Super Bowl halftime show Usher serenades Jessica Alba during his Las Vegas residency show Reba McEntire, Post Malone and Andra Day to sing during Super Bowl 2024 pregame

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