Regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time, he was awarded the 2018 pulitzer prize for music, becoming the first musician outside of the classical and jazz genres to receive the award. Explore kendrick lamar's music on billboard Kendrick lamar (born june 17, 1987, compton, california, u.s.) is an american rapper who achieved critical and commercial success with such albums as good kid, m.a.a.d city (2012) and to pimp a butterfly (2015) and singles such as “not like us” (2024)
Considered one of the best lyricists of his generation, in 2018 he became the first nonclassical or jazz recording artist to win a pulitzer.
Kendrick lamar, who won more grammys than any other artist at last year's awards, leads all nominees for the 68th grammy awards, with nine nominations, including record, song and album of the year.
New york (ap) — not like us Kendrick lamar leads the 2026 grammy award nominations, announced friday The rapper is up for nine trophies at february’s ceremony
