Kendrick Lamar on fire at Grammys

Rapper Kendrick Lamar showed why he led the field in Grammys nominations on Monday with an intense, politically-charged performance that took him from a prison, in shackles, to a huge on-stage bonfire.
The 28-year-old started out in chains and a prison uniform, with strobes flashing on the jailhouse set, as he treated the audience to a jazz-rock version of "The Blacker The Berry."

He and his back-up dancers then slipped their chains and donned glow-in-the-dark outfits for "Alright," the unofficial anthem of the Black Lives Matter movement against police abuse, with a giant bonfire on stage.
Near the end of the performance, a picture of a map of Africa appeared behind Lamar, with "Compton," the rough Los Angeles suburb where he grew up, written on it.
Basketball star Kobe Bryant led the online adulation for the performance, telling his Twitter followers: "YES! @kendricklamar #GRAMMYs killin it #musevibe."

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