The Insane True Story of Kendrick Lamar

The Story of Kendrick Lamar. 💎 Cop a SPIRIT WORLD CHAIN https://spiritworld.store/collections... 🌌 Watch ad-free on Nebula: http://nebula.tv/volksgeist More here: Instagram: volks.geist TikTok: volks.geist [email protected] for business http://volksgeist.org Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987) is an American rapper. 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 honor. Born in Compton, California, Lamar began releasing music under the stage name K.Dot while attending high school. He signed with Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) in 2005, and co-founded the hip hop supergroup Black Hippy there. Following the 2011 release of his alternative rap debut album Section.80, Lamar secured a joint contract with Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. He rose to prominence with his gangsta rap-influenced second album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012), which became the longest-charting hip hop studio album in Billboard 200 history; Rolling Stone named it the greatest concept album of all time. In 2015, Lamar scored his first Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, after featuring on the remix of Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood", and released his third album, To Pimp a Butterfly, which infused hip-hop with historical African-American music genres such as jazz, funk, and soul, and became his first of five consecutive number-one albums on the Billboard 200 chart. Lamar's critical and commercial success continued with his R&B and pop-leaning fourth album Damn (2017), yielding his second US number-one single, "Humble". He curated original songs for the soundtrack of the 2018 film Black Panther, earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the US top-ten single "All the Stars". His Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022) double album concluded his tenure with TDE and Aftermath. His 2024 feud with Drake spawned the US number-ones "Like That" and "Not Like Us", with the latter winning a joint-record five Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year and Record of the Year. His sixth album, GNX (2024), produced the US number-one singles "Squabble Up" and "Luther". #kendricklamar #gnx #volksgeist