Kendrick Lamar responds to security guard crying at his show: “That’s how you want everyone to receive your music”
nme.comKendrick Lamar has responded to footage of a security guard being brought to tears during one of his recent performances.In a clip that was shared on TikTok and has since gone viral, the security guard can be seen wiping tears away while Lamar performs his ‘DAMN.’ cut ‘Love’ at a show in Houston, Texas.
The guard can then be seen rapping along to the lyric, “I’m like an exit away.”During a local TV interview, the guard, whose name is Devyn Sanford, later explained what he went through. “I woke up the next day and it was everywhere,” Sanford said. “I’m still taking it all in right now. […] I debated about whether to buy tickets or work the show and I decided to work it and it was still just as impactful to me.”“It brought me back to when the song first came out.
I was going through a tumultuous time in my life at that point,” Sanford continued. “The words, the crowd around me, everyone was screaming and reaching for Kendrick and crying and I kind of like absorbed everybody’s emotions.
I was trying my best to hold it together and I just cracked.”Watch the original viral footage below:Mans shoulda just bought a ticket.
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