- From
- Compton, CA
- Plays
- Hip-Hop
- Active
- 2003 – present
- Broke big
- 2010s
Broke through in the 2010s
KENDRICK LAMAR
Compton, CA • Hip-Hop • b. 1987
The story
Kendrick Lamar is the only musician outside classical and jazz to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music, awarded for DAMN. in 2018. good kid, m.A.A.d city told a single day in Compton as a film-length narrative; To Pimp a Butterfly rebuilt hip-hop on free jazz and P-Funk. He co-founded the creative company pgLang in 2020 and headlined the Super Bowl LIX halftime show in 2025.
Go listen
Signature Songs
- Swimming Pools (Drank)
- m.A.A.d city
- i
- Alright
- HUMBLE.
- DNA.
- Not Like Us
- luther
Recent Albums
- To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
- untitled unmastered. (2016)
- DAMN. (2017)
- Black Panther: The Album (2018)
- Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)
- GNX (2024)
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