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Kendrick Lamar Scores Gold With good kid m.A.A.d. city

12/20/2012
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(CBS Local) Kendrick Lamar has reached a shining moment for a debut artists. The critically acclaimed rapper's first disc, good kid m.A.A.d. city has hit 500,000 in sales.

The album, which was released on October 22 sold more than 230,000 units in its first week and kept up a steady flow since.

"It's crazy to know that it started in my own backyard in Compton," Lamar told Hot 93.7′s DJ Buck before the first-week numbers hit. "I wrote these songs in my momma's kitchen. These people [are] singing them like they were right there in that same kitchen, making noodles with me. It's crazy." more on this story

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