Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper and performer Kendrick Lamar was the most important drawcard on the 2016 Bluesfest.
One of many world’s most well-known rappers, Lamar attracted lots of of teenage followers to the occasion in Byron Bay throughout his set.
When his identify was added to the line-up, nevertheless, some die-hard Bluesfest ticketholders had a little bit of an issue with Lamar being included.
Metropolis & Color singer Dallas Inexperienced, who additionally carried out in 2016, defended the rapper from offended blues followers, telling Music.com.au: “Oh, he is very blues. I believe individuals have to understand that the whole lot is the blues. Every part got here from the blues. It is simply interpreted other ways.
“If you cannot see that Kendrick Lamar is a blues artist, who simply occurs to be rapping, then you do not know what you are speaking about, so. That is my opinion.”
