Pitchfork: To a lot of people, your friendship with Lady Gaga is kind of weird, but I imagine it doesn't feel that way to you.
KL: Yeah, it's cool. She's a regular person. We became friends off of the genuine love for the music. She just hit my phone one day and said that she had a respect for the hip-hop that I was doing, that it wasn't like anything she heard on the radio. Then chemistry collided from there. What I respect about her more than anything is her originality. She's not afraid to be herself, and that's the same thing that Black Hippy represents.
Pitchfork: What was it like recording with her?
KL: Genius. She's over-the-top creative. You have to be in a whole other world to actually think the way she thinks. We did two or three records together, we'll figure it out where they're going to go.
Pitchfork: Do you feel like you're expected to work with certain people? KL: People place me with certain crews and individuals but, if it's expected, that'd be the reason why I won't work with them. Just to be in my own lane. That's why I go have a Gaga record, because it's not easy to get one. She has to like your music.
KL: Genius. She's over-the-top creative. You have to be in a whole other world to actually think the way she thinks. We did two or three records together, we'll figure it out where they're going to go.
good kid, m.A.A.d. city is out next week. 