Maybe Kendrick Lamar has stolen Drake and J. Cole’s powers ... Being a big-time recording artist is a little like running a campaign for elected office. You have to consider how everything ...

I’ve been critical of his musical output as the main artist. I have often been less than impressed with his albums, though it was always about the production and never about his lyrics.

The new single, “Procrastination (Broke),” was released on Jan. 18 to the YouTube channel of an indie producer from Brooklyn named bvtman, who is a fan of the artist. As the story goes ...