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Josh Hart, LeBron James motivated and inspired by Kendrick Lamar giving the Lakers a ‘Genius Talk’

12-time Grammy Award-winning artist, 2018 Pulitzer Prize winner and lifelong Los Angeles Lakers fan Kendrick Lamar paid a visit to the UCLA Health Training Center on Friday for the latest installment of the Lakers’ “Genius Talks.”

The front office introduced these talks almost exactly a year ago, when Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk visited the team last October, and the team has continued the series with big names like film producer Jeffrey Katzenberg, Olympic champion Allyson Felix and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

However, of the aforementioned names, arguably none resonated with this young Lakers team more than Lamar.