Kendrick Lamar's secret weapon? His right-hand man, 'Black Panther' soundtrack producer Sounwave
LOS ANGELES - The baby toys at Sounwave's house provide some clues about what he does for a living.
There's a tiny grand piano he says he's been encouraging his 7-month-old son to bang on. And there's a teddy bear wearing a shirt emblazoned with the logo of Top Dawg Entertainment, the Los Angeles-based hip-hop crew for which Sounwave serves as an in-house producer.
In his living room are also the two Grammy Awards he's won for his work with TDE's star rapper, Kendrick Lamar, though they're nearly hidden beneath a staircase in a glass box that also holds a fancy watch from the Recording Academy.
"They send something different every year - last year it was a big bottle of Champagne, year before that the
