Last night, Kendrick Lamar dropped a new song and music video for "Humble." While rich with religious symbolism throughout, what really got people talking was the rapper's ode to natural beauty–stretch marks, in particular. Halfway through the video, amidst frames of a woman going back and forth from full-on makeup and slicked back hair to a bare face and natural hair, he goes:
I'm so fuckin' sick and tired of the Photoshop
Show me somethin' natural like afro on Richard Pryor
Show me somethin' natural like ass with some stretch marks
Still will take you down right on your mama's couch in Polo socks, ayy
Kendrick's lyrics have people on Twitter are singing praises:
So... I'm thinking about @kendricklamar's new video for #Humble & the casting call where they said. "Naw, sis. Not enough stretchmarks." pic.twitter.com/kXPKxWfQ40March 30, 2017
big nods to kendrick lamar for making space for women w/ stretch marks in the video though. may his edges ever be in tact✨March 31, 2017
Didn't realize how much I wanted to see an ass like mine represented until I saw that ass w/ stretch marks in Kendrick's video #Humble 🙌🏾😭March 30, 2017
Kendrick's put a girl in his video with no makeup, cellulite and stretch marks UR FAV JUST CANT #HumbleMarch 31, 2017
Luv that Kendrick Lamar calls 4 natural beauty without filters & praises *sses with stretch marks in a time of filters & surgery bodiesMarch 31, 2017
Kendrick Lamar's Humble features an ode to stretch marks and I'm all about this. Humble is my Friday fire. https://t.co/uC1OBZsKd6 pic.twitter.com/4K9BwddDyFMarch 31, 2017
It's worth watching the full video, but the stretch marks bit starts around 1:44, below.
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