President Barack Obama and Kendrick Lamar met at the White House to discuss the importance of mentorship.<br />The rapper posted a video about the meeting on Vimeo, discussing the importance of young children having a mentor as they grow up.<br />"I sat down with President Barack Obama and shared the same views," Lamar says.<br />"Topics concerning the inner cities, the problem the solutions and furthermore embracing the youth, both being aware that mentoring saves lives."<br />Lamar also shared that he doesn't know know where he would be if he hadn't had a mentor "telling me what's right and what's wrong" when he was a kid.<br />In December, Obama shared that his favorite song of the year was Lamar's "How Much a Dollar Cost," an emotional track off the critically acclaimed album To Pimp a Butterfly .
