Kendrick Lamar halts show after white fan repeatedly drops n-word

Kendrick Lamar has a message for non African-American fans ahead of his upcoming New Zealand shows: whatever you do, don't rap the n-word.

It should go without saying, but the rap superstar was forced to halt a recent show in Alabama when a white female fan he invited onstage to rap with him, repeatedly - and unapologetically - rapped the n-word in one of Lamar's tracks.

The fan was performing Lamar's 2012 hit M.A.A.D. City but used the highly offensive racial slur too many times, prompting audible shock from the crowd and forcing Lamar to stop the music and cut her off.

The bemused fan asked: "Am I not cool enough for you? What's up, bro? You gotta work with me."

Lamar explained: "You got to bleep one single word, though."

She replied: "Oh, I'm sorry. Did I do it? I'm so sorry. I'm used to singing it like you wrote it."

Lamar gave her a second chance to rap, but the crowd was less forgiving - and so was Twitter:

OMG Kendrick Lamar stopping his concert to call out a white fan for rapping the n-word in Alabama is everything I've ever dreamed of pic.twitter.com/E4ZVMiClGl

— Joe Lamour 🇭🇹🏳️‍🌈 (@lamour) May 21, 2018

See, what you not gonna do in front of our Pulitzer Winner @kendricklamar at his own concert is... 🤦🏿‍♀️🤦🏿‍♂️🙄 https://t.co/Ueh5KOVUTB

— EBONY MAGAZINE (@EBONYMag) May 21, 2018

Nah, people are gonna rag on him for missing the point. The n-word is an in-group-dynamic. You can’t say it if you ain’t squad (black) point, blank & period. Y’all look for every excuse to feel included huh? 😂

— lank&lovely (@nonsocharles_) May 21, 2018

Lamar, a Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize winner, is coming to New Zealand to play three shows this July.

He'll play Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium on July 17 the Auckland's Spark Arena on July 19 and 20.