KENDRICK LAMAR
O2 Arena, London, November 8
The 21st century’s greatest rapper channels Bowie in stark arena show
THE lights dim and, after support sets from Tanna Leone and Baby Keem, the audience at the madly cavernous O2 is at fever pitch. It’s a wonderfully diverse crowd: teenage white kids moshing; older black guys nodding, ready to follow the intricate flow word-for-word; women decked out in their finery, dancing ecstatically. The screen to the side of the stage lights up to reveal… an ad for a mobile payment app, with Kendrick Lamar sagely relating business advice from old white billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dallio. “Slow money wins the race,” he nods. “Invest in yourself…”