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It is suggested that the music industry, long accused of promoting destructive lifestyles, paradoxically elevated Kendrick, whose music contains lyrical opposition to those same narratives. This leads to an unsettling conclusion: could Kendrick’s artistry be a form of controlled resistance? After all, if an artist fights against the system they identify with, is it not plausible they are just facilitating a managed narrative for both sides?