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Kendrick Lamar

        

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth[1] (born: June 17, 1987 (1987-06-17) [age 37])[2] is an American[3] musician, rapper, and songwriter based from Compton, California.[4]

Discography[5]

Albums

Studio albums

  • Section.80 (2011)
  • good kid, m.A.A.d. city (2012)
  • To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
  • DAMN. (2017)
  • Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (2022)
  • GNX (2024)

Compilation albums

  • untitled unmastered. (2016)

Soundtrack albums

  • Black Panther: The Album (2018, featuring various other artists),

Extended plays

  • Kendrick Lamar (2009)

Mixtapes

  • Y.H.N.I.C. (Hub City Threat: Minor of the Year (as K. Dot; 2004)
  • Training Day (as K. Dot), (2005)
  • 'No Sleep 'Til NYC (as K. Dot, with Jay Rock; 2007)
  • C4 (as K. Dot; 2009)
  • Overly Dedicated (2010)

Quotes

  • This dick ain't free. (For Free?)[6]
  • Why you trollin' like a bitch? Ain't you tired? Tryna strike a chord and it's probably A minor. (Not Like Us)[7]
  • Certified Lover Boy? Certified pedophiles. (Not Like Us)[8]
  • What up Reddit? It's Kendrick Lamar backstage Paid Dues.[9]
  • MUSTAAAAARRRRDDDDD! (tv off)[10][11]

Trivia

  • He is the first and only rapper to ever received a Pulitzer Award for his 2017 studio album, DAMN..[12]
  • Lamar was in a feud with Drake, with first having initial sneak disses in 2013.[13]
  • Not Like Us, a diss track towards Drake, peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a week,[14] and twice on the Global 200 after the release of his music video for the song.[15][16]
    • It's also the fastest song to reach 100 million streams on Spotify, only reaching it in 9 days.[17][18] Along with him gaining the most streams in a single day, with over 11,850,000 streams, passing Champagne Poetry.[19]
  • In February 2025, he became the first rapper, and ninth artist overall, to achieve 100 monthly million listeners on Spotify.[20]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.vulture.com/article/kendrick-lamar-drake-beef-tiktok-round-up.html
  2. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/artist/kendrick-lamar/
  3. ↑ https://grammy.com/artists/kendrick-lamar/17949
  4. ↑ https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/l/la-ln/kendrick-lamar/
  5. ↑ https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/kendrick-lamar
  6. ↑ https://genius.com/5047283
  7. ↑ https://genius.com/31642504
  8. ↑ https://genius.com/31642481
  9. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlIxor-T0gQ
  10. ↑ https://genius.com/33693110
  11. ↑ https://youtu.be/U8F5G5wR1mk?t=124
  12. ↑ https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/kendrick-lamar
  13. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/lists/drake-kendrick-lamar-beef-timeline/aug-2013-kendrick-lamar-takes-aim-at-drake-the-rap-game-on-big-seans-control/
  14. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2024-05-18/
  15. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/kendrick-lamar-not-like-us-number-one-second-week-global-200-1235731277/
  16. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/lists/kendrick-lamar-not-like-us-number-one-second-week-hot-100/
  17. ↑ https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/801659-kendrick-lamars-not-like-us-100-million-streams-spotify-record-hip-hop-news
  18. ↑ https://www.foxla.com/news/kendrick-lamar-billboard-hot-100
  19. ↑ https://hiphopdx.com/news/kendrick-lamar-drake-not-like-us-record
  20. ↑ https://uproxx.com/music/kendrick-lamar-first-rapper-100-million-spotify/