{"id":173821,"date":"2022-11-29T10:20:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T09:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=173821"},"modified":"2022-11-29T10:20:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T09:20:59","slug":"kendrick-lamar-talks-oscar-hopes-for-we-cry-together-a-short-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/kendrick-lamar-talks-oscar-hopes-for-we-cry-together-a-short-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar Talks Oscar Hopes For \u201cWe Cry Together\u201d &#8211; A Short Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wUGyZM9rcnY\" width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kendrick Lamar\u00a0<\/strong>has Oscar hopes for the short film he created for his song of the same name,\u00a0<em>We Cry Together<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the voting window for the 2023 Academy Awards next month, <strong>Kendrick<\/strong> and his manager <strong>Dave<\/strong> <strong>Free<\/strong> spoke with\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/awards\/awards\/kendrick-lamar-we-cry-together-oscars-live-action-short-1235440365\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a><\/em><\/strong> about the project and the inspiration behind it. 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