Kendrick Lamar Talks to Young Concertgoer, Gives Him Inspiring Letter: 'You Will Forever Be Great'

Mar. 15, 2025

Kendrick Lamar.Photo: Samir Hussein/WireImage

Kendrick Lamarvalues personal connection with his fans, no matter what age they are.

While performing in Detroit as part of his The Big Steppers Tour on Sunday, Lamar shared asweet interaction with a young fan in the crowd— also named Kendrick — speaking encouraging words to him from the stage and sending him home with a handwritten letter.

According tophotos and videos posted to social mediafrom the Little Caesars Arena performance, the 35-year-old “Humble” musician spotted the 9-year-old concertgoer holding a sign that read, “My name is Kendrick. This is my 1st concert. Can We Take a Pic.”

Lamar then spoke to the fan, encouraging the child to “respect and honor” his parents, as they brought him to the concert.

“Always honor them, man,” said the Pulitzer Prize winner. “They brung you to your first concert. Always respect and honor them.”

“You will forever be great. You’re great right now. You can do whatever you wanna put your mind to, you know it? You understand that?” Lamar continued from the stage. “Little Kendrick, do what you wanna do in life.”

Kendrick Lamar.Frazer Harrison/Getty

The young fan’s father,David Stewart, shared a video of Lamar’s speech to Instagram alongside the caption, “I was hoping for a picture but this was a million times better!@kendricklamargave my son a speech.”

Lamar wrote further, “Continue to manifest the great energy you possess!!! See you next time!!! Luv!!!”

On Tuesday, Stewart wrote on his Instagram Story, “I named my son after Kendrick 9 years ago. I was at a Kendrick Lamar concert the moment my son was born!! And for that moment to take place is definitely amazing that the universe came back full circle like that!”

This isn’t the first intimate connection Lamar’s shared with his crowd members on The Big Steppers Tour. Last month, a clipof a security guard wiping away tearsduring a performance of 2017’s “LOVE.” went viral onTikTok.

Lamar continued: “But at the end of the day, that’s how you want everybody to receive your music and, you know, make them feel good, make them feel like a moment they’re attached to, it could live forever.”

The video — in which a security guard grows emotional and wipes away tears as he sings along to “Love” at a concert at the Toyota Center in Houston on July 22 — went viral following the show after user@dejaihvushared it to TikTok. It currently has over 14 million views.

“That’s me in the post y’all… this song means EVERYTHING to me and I was feeling everybody around me emotions… definitely love getting paid to do this,” he wrote.

source: people.com