Kendrick Lamar Details 'Unconditional Love' for His Children in Rare Interview

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Kendrick Lamar is opening up about his children and the unconditional love he's felt since becoming a father. In a new interview with , Lamar got candid about his family and the life lessons he's learned thus far.«A lot of times, we play with the idea and don’t necessarily know if it’s real, until you feel it.

My children allowed me, in their development as human beings beginning to walk and talk, to remove my ego, to know that my children, too, will have their own independence,» Lamar, who has welcomed two children with fiancée, Whitney Alford, explained, «That allows me to understand the unconditional love on my end.»«Will I allow them to be themselves?

Will I allow them to journey off in the world and experience life for what they know of? That’s love, to me,» he continued.The «Humble» rapper said that in learning and feeling that unconditional love from his children, he's not only changed the way he's expressed himself, but altered the way he handles his relationships with others in his love — with love and without any judgment.«When I look at that, I try to apply it with how I express myself, how I look at my career, and how I meet other individuals,» Lamar added. «Am I allowing them to be themselves without any judgment?

My children have taught me that.»The rapper also said that when he was having doubts about his latest album,, it was his children that gave him the final push -- knowing that it could be something that benefits them in the future.«When I got to completion and I said, 'I may or may not put this out; I'm not going to put this out; it's way too much,' I thought about my children,» he said. «I thought about when they turn 21, or they're older in life, and when I got grandchildren, or if I'm long gone.