Kendrick Lamar Duckworth[1] (born: June 17, 1987)[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]
- I'm tryna get these hoes single / And this is my single (Bitch I'm In the Club)[12]
Trivia[]
- He is the first rapper to ever received a Pulitzer Award for his 2017 studio album, DAMN..[13]
- Lamar was in a feud with Drake, with first having initial sneak disses in 2013.[14]
- Not Like Us, a diss track towards Drake, peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a week,[15] and twice on the Global 200 after the release of his music video for the song.[16][17]
- It's also the fastest song to reach 100 million streams on Spotify, only reaching it in 9 days.[18][19] Along with him gaining the most streams in a single day, with over 11,850,000 streams, passing Champagne Poetry.[20]
- It also became the most-streamed rap song in a span of a year, gathering over 1.44 billion streams on Spotify.[21]
- Not Like Us won all nominations in the 2025 Grammy Awards, winning Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rap Song, Best Rap Performance, and Best Music Video.[22]
- In February 2025, he became the first rapper, and ninth artist overall, to achieve 100 monthly million listeners on Spotify.[23]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.vulture.com/article/kendrick-lamar-drake-beef-tiktok-round-up.html
- ↑ https://www.billboard.com/artist/kendrick-lamar/
- ↑ https://grammy.com/artists/kendrick-lamar/17949
- ↑ https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/l/la-ln/kendrick-lamar/
- ↑ https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/kendrick-lamar
- ↑ https://genius.com/5047283
- ↑ https://genius.com/31642504
- ↑ https://genius.com/31642481
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlIxor-T0gQ
- ↑ https://genius.com/33693110
- ↑ https://youtu.be/U8F5G5wR1mk?t=124
- ↑ https://genius.com/17196096
- ↑ https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/kendrick-lamar
- ↑ 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/
- ↑ https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2024-05-18/
- ↑ https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/kendrick-lamar-not-like-us-number-one-second-week-global-200-1235731277/
- ↑ https://www.billboard.com/lists/kendrick-lamar-not-like-us-number-one-second-week-hot-100/
- ↑ https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/801659-kendrick-lamars-not-like-us-100-million-streams-spotify-record-hip-hop-news
- ↑ https://www.foxla.com/news/kendrick-lamar-billboard-hot-100
- ↑ https://hiphopdx.com/news/kendrick-lamar-drake-not-like-us-record
- ↑ https://thesource.com/2025/05/05/kendrick-lamars-not-like-us-breaks-spotify-record-for-most-streamed-rap-song-in-a-year/
- ↑ https://www.grammy.com/awards/67th-annual-grammy-awards-2024
- ↑ https://uproxx.com/music/kendrick-lamar-first-rapper-100-million-spotify/