Timeline of Sounds

In Defense of Our Sins

On Kendrick Lamar, Trayvon Martin, and mercy

Illustration by Trevor Fraley

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I. Good Kid

I heard the news outside a rap show, which seems fitting for this story. February 26, 2012, was the night of the…