| "DUCKWORTH." | |
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| Song by Kendrick Lamar | |
| from the album DAMN. | |
| Recorded | Mid 2016 |
| Studio | Windmark Studios, Jungle City Studios |
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| Length | 4:09 |
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"DUCKWORTH." is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, taken from his fourth studio album DAMN., released on April 14, 2017. The fourteenth and final track on the album (first on the Collector's Edition of DAMN.),[2] the lyrics were written by Lamar while the music was written by record producer Patrick Douthit, known professionally as 9th Wonder, with additional production by Bēkon.
The song's title is Lamar's actual surname, Lamar being his middle name.[3][4][5] The song tells the true story[5] of Lamar's father meeting Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith, working at a Kentucky Fried Chicken in a rough area, years prior to Lamar getting signed to his record label. Anthony was renowned for robbing chicken shops, similar to the one Lamar's father had been working at, so Duckworth decided to give Anthony 2 extra biscuits every time he came in. This caused Anthony to like Duckworth and leave him alive when he robbed the shop. If it weren't for this decision, Kendrick would never have met Anthony and gotten signed to his label, and therefore his music career may have never taken off.[6]