Earlier today, Top Dawg Entertainment CEO Anthony Tiffith announced that Kendrick Lamar would be answering questions on his twitter account despite Lamar being notoriously reluctant when it comes to utilising social media. Disappointingly but not surprisingly, K-Dot only managed to answer 7 questions over the hour of the Q&A, but his answers gave us some interesting insights. He revealed that Iceberg Slim (the notorious 20th century pimp turned author) was a major inspiration behind his latest album and that Earl Sweatshirt is currently his favourite artist. Read more of his responses above.

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