Kendrick Lamarknows how to get the people — or his “KenFolk” — talking. It all started with “The Heart Part 4,” a scathing, nearly five-minute track teasing his imminent return to music and warning his counterparts. “You know what time it is, ante up, this is in forever/...
Kendrick Lamar performs during the Festival d’ete de Quebec in Quebec City, Canada on July 7, 2017. Photo: Invision/AP LOS ANGELES — Kendrick Lamar gave music listeners an early holiday present Friday with the surprise drop of a new album. The Grammy winner’s 12-track “GNX” is th...
The true stories behind the conspiracy theories, Geraldo sample, “DUCKWORTH.”, U2, Rihanna, and so much more By Amy PhillipsApril 21, 2017 Leon BennettKendrick Lamar has given his first interview since the release of his new album DAMN. Last weekend at Coachella, Zane Lowe sat down...
In a move that blindsided everyone (his label included), Kendrick Lamar dropped surprise albumGNXlast Friday (November 22) just ten minutes after teasing the project on hisfinsta. The album arrives on the heels of an astronomical year for the rapper, whose highly publicised beef with Drake gave...
Kendrick Lamar gave music listeners an early holiday present with a new album. The Grammy winner released his sixth studio album “GNX” on Friday.
Lamar, 37, has experienced massive success since his debut album "good kid, m.A.A.d city" in 2012. Since then, he's accumulated 17 Grammy wins and became the first non-classical, non-jazz musician to win a Pulitzer Prize for his 2017 album "DAMN." The surprise release cap...
In 2017, just a week separated April’s Pure Comedy and Damn. The next year, Lamar actually released his music first, sharing Black Panther: The Album in February, before Tillman’s God’s Favorite Customer landed in May. But Lamar was back at it in 2022, releasing Mr. Morale & the ...
Outside of a few guest appearances on cousin Baby Keem’s 2021 effortThe Melodic Blue, fans have not heard much from the Pulitzer Prize winner since 2017’sDAMN. Precursor single “The Heart Pt. 5,” in which Lamar raps over a sample loop of Marvin Gaye’s 1976 single “I Wan...
What Is Kendrick Lamar's Most Popular Song? Across the board, it's "HUMBLE." The 2017 track is Lamar's only solo No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (he also reached No. 1 status withTaylor Swifton their remix of her1989hit "Bad Blood"), and as of press time, "HUMBLE." is also...
Kendrick Lamar just released his new album DAMN., the follow-up to his excellent LP To Pimp a Butterfly from 2015. On the song “DNA.,” produced by Mike WiLL Made-It, Kendrick samples Geraldo Rivera’s Fox News segment following Kendrick’s performance of “Alright” at the BET Awa...