“I just knew to pick up on a lot of things that I saw. So, you see it and you know the demeanor of it,” he shared.

I had homeboys that drank, smoke or whatever the case may be. so I never participated in none of the activities that went on but I had homeboys that sold dope. Turner explained that growing up in South Central Los Angeles gave him a definite advantage with the role. So, how easy was it for you to portray Caine in Menace II Society?” “I look at it as a kid and I still see, you look like my older cousin when he was 17. Kendrick then continued, sharing that he saw his older cousin in Caine when he was a kid. I want to ask how easy or hard was it for you to portray the character inside of Menace II Society?” “I liked Caine,” Kendrick Lamar shared with MTV’s RapFix recently, while asking Turner his question. Recently, Kendrick spoke about his appreciation for Caine in the film and even asked Tyrin Turner, the actor behind the role, about what it was like to portray the character in the movie.

However, the film was still influential in his life. Twenty years ago this month, the film Menace II Society was released and Kendrick Lamar was in his early elementary school years.

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