The city of Compton plans to honor rapper Kendrick Lamar on Saturday by presenting him the key to the city.<br />The city of Compton plans to honor rapper Kendrick Lamar on Saturday by presenting him the key to the city.<br />The ceremony honoring the Grammy Award winner who grew up in the city will take place at 10 a.m. at the Martin Luther King Monument at Civic Center Plaza.<br />"Kendrick Lamar is a phenomenal artist whose work has served as acatalyst to raise a new level of consciousness for this generation," said Compton Mayor Aja Brown in a statement.<br />"His message challenges the status quo and motivates listeners to rethink our society's institutions."<br />Last year, Lamar wrote a love letter to Compton through his music video "King Kunta," featuring the rapper and his friends dancing through his hometown.<br />The key to the city is Compton's reply to that letter.
