Compton teacher who once taught Kendrick Lamar reflects on rapper's early start

Compton teacher who once taught Kendrick Lamar reflects on rapper's early start

Before he was a Pulitzer prize winner with nearly two dozen Grammy awards under his belt, he was a student in Compton. Famed rapper Kendrick Lamar is one of Vanguard Learning Center’s most recognized students but to one teacher, he’s one of many shining pupils with talent. Regis Inge, an educator with the Compton Unified School District, helped shape Lamar’s love for language and storytelling after introducing him to poetry during the rapper’s m…