With To Pimp A Butterfly still gaining popularity, Kendrick Lamar continues his promo run with a quick sit down with MTV’s legendary interviewer Rob Markman. While there, Knedrick reveals the original title of the album: Tu Pimp A Caterpillar — stating that it stood for TUPAC.
“That was the original name and they caught it because the abbreviation was Tupac, Tu-P-A-C,” Lamar told MTV. “Me changing it to Butterfly, I just really wanted to show the brightness of life and the word pimp has so much aggression and that represents several things. For me, it represents using my celebrity for good. Another reason is, not being pimped by the industry through my celebrity.”
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