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According to Hypebeast, Temple University is introducing a Fall 2025 course studying Kendrick Lamar's work from an Afrocentric and sociocultural perspective. The course, titled "Kendrick Lamar and the Morale of M.A.A.D. City," will be taught by Africology and African American Studies Assistant Professor Timothy Welbeck. Students will dissect not only Lamar's lyrics, but his upbringing and the cultural conditions and urban policy that influenced his life and the themes in his work.