Kendrick Lamar
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Duckworth in May 2018
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Born
| Kendrick Lamar Duckworth
(
1987-06-17
)
June 17, 1987
(age 36)
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Other names
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- K.Dot
- Oklama
- Kung-Fu Kenny
- Man-Man
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Education
| Centennial High School
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Occupations
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- Rapper
- singer
- songwriter
- record producer
- director
- businessman
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Years active
| 2003?present
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Agent
| Dave Free
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Works
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Title
| Founder of pgLang
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Children
| 2 plus drake
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Relatives
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Awards
| Full list
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Musical career
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Genres
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Instruments
| Vocals
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Labels
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Member of
| Black Hippy
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Website
| kendricklamar
.com
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Kendrick Lamar Duckworth
(born June 17, 1987), also known as Kendrick Lamar, is an American rapper and songwriter. He is from
Compton, California
. He married a woman named Shylah. He is best known for his
albums
Overly Dedicated
,
Section.80
,
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
,
To Pimp a Butterfly
,
and
DAMN.
.
He has also released five
mixtapes
.
In October 2013 Lamar won five awards at the 2013
BET Awards
. He performed "Money Trees" at the show.
He was the only guest rapper on
Eminem
's album
The Marshall Mathers LP 2
, which was released November 5, 2013.
Lamar did eighteen concerts with
Kanye West
as part of West's October-December 2013 Yeezus Tour.
Lamar was nominated for seven
Grammy Awards
in 2013.
[1]
He performed "m.A.A.d city" and a remix to "Radioactive" with Imagine Dragons at the awards ceremony.
[2]
In 2024, Kendrick would start a feud between him and the popular rapper
Drake
by dissing him on Metro & Future's song, Like That, leaving the hip-hop community divided between Drake supporters and Lamar supporters.
In 2015, Kendrick Lamar released the
studio album
To Pimp a Butterfly
. It won the award for Best Rap Album at the
Grammy Awards
. The project also got a nomination for Album of the Year.
[3]
The
single
"
I
" earned
Grammy Awards
for both Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance in 2014. Two more songs from the album earned awards at the 2015 ceremony, with "Alright" winning both Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance, and "These Walls" winning an award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.
[3]
"Alright" also received nominations for both Song of the Year and Best Music Video.
In 2017, Lamar released
Damn
, stylized as
DAMN.
. The project was nominated for seven
Grammy Awards
in 2017, winning five.
[3]
The project earned the award for Best Rap Album, while also earning a nomination for Album of the Year. The single "HUMBLE." earned awards for Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, and Best Music Video, while also receiving a nomination for Record of the Year. Another track, "LOYALTY.", featuring singer
Rihanna
, won the award for Best Rap/Sung Performance.
[3]
In 2018, DAMN. earned the
Pulitzer Prize
award for Music, making Lamar the first rap artist to earn the award.
[4]
[5]
In 2018, Lamar served as the primary curator of the soundtrack for the
superhero movie
Black Panther
, releasing the
Black Panther
soundtrack. This release and its tracks earned seven
Grammy Award
nominations, including for Album of the Year, in 2018. The track "King's Dead" (with
Future
,
Jay Rock
and
James Blake
) earned the award for Best Rap Performance.
[3]
On May 13, 2022, Lamar released his fifth studio album
Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
after taking a 5-year break from making music.
[6]
[7]
It won the award for
Best Rap Album
and was nominated for
Album of the Year
at the
2023 Grammy Awards
.
[3]