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The Game passes 'Best rapper from Compton' title to Kendrick Lamar on new mixtape song "Whatever"
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Before he was a Pulitzer prize winner with nearly two dozen Grammy Awards under his belt, he was a student in Compton. Famed rapper Kendrick Lamar is one of Vanguard Learning Center’s most recognized students but to one teacher, he’s one of many ...