Kendrick Lamar: Beacon of Body Positivity?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvTRZJ-4EyI

Since Kendrick Lamar dropped his latest single "Humble" yesterday, the track's music video has garnered more than 5 million YouTube views, as well as 357,000 Twitter mentions and counting. The video is laden with rich religious iconography, featuring visual references to Pentecostal tongues of fire, a Last Supper tableaux, and Lamar garbed in long papal robes. Once again, Lamar's hyper-literate, socially critical stylings open up an expansive field of entry points into his latest work. However, conversation in online publications and music reviews has largely centered around a particular verse of the song which has been received as alternately body positive and body policing.

In the verse, Lamar raps: "I'm so fuckin' sick and tired of the Photoshop / Show me somethin' natural like afro on Richard Pryor / Show me somethin' natural like ass with some stretch marks / Still will take you down right on your mama's couch in Polo socks." While the Internet has responded with resounding appreciation for Lamar's appreciation for girls who rock natural beauty, his approach to body positivity also highlights his unfortunately male-centric perspective. Many pointed out that the model that appears on screen during this portion of the song conforms to mainstream beauty standards, sporting long hair and clear skin even without makeup. In addition, commentators have pointed out that praising black women's bodies and features based on how attractive a man perceives them to be is far from championing feminist ideals. I would be interested to hear people's thoughts on the implications of the video and its lyrics. Do you think Lamar's stance amounts to body positivity, body policing, or an ambiguous hybrid of both?