Now known as Kendrick Lamar K-Dot is an up-and-coming west-coast rapper from Compton, California. He is close friends with Watts rapper Jay Rock and is signed to Top Dogg Ent., Jay Rock's label. K-Dot has appeared on many mixtapes, noteably on The Game's "The Black Wallstreet Journal Vol. 1" on tracks like "The Cypha", and etc. He also has features on Jay Rock's "Watts Finest Vol. 2" mixtape. He released his solo mixtape "Training Day" in December 2007.