When the world crowns you the king of a genre as competitive as rap, your presence — and lack thereof — is palpable. After a five-year hiatus,Kendrick Lamardeclaratively stomped back on stage with his fifth studio album,Mr. Morale & ...
Is it literally a second round of the Kendrick Lamar battle, will Drake focus on his other opponents, or does "winning Game 2" instead mean just being the biggest rapper of them all? No one really believed that he would lose that...
Rather, it was that Lamar lost out on Best New Artist and Best Rap Album, respectively, toMacklemore & Ryan Lewisand the duo's albumThe Heist. And it wasn't just Macklemore critics who found the pick controversial. "You got robbed," Macklemore himselftexted Ke...
Streaming data for rap’s “Big Three” — Kendrick Lamar, Drake and J. Cole — amid their clash How each diss track upped the ante and impacted the artists’ listener counts Why high-profile rap beefs make everyone a winner One of the biggest rap beefs in recent memory is currently...
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His most recent wins include three awards at the2023 GRAMMYs, which included two for his albumMr. Morale & The Big Steppers, and Best Rap Performance for "The Hillbillies" withBaby Keem. Does Kendrick Lamar Have Any Famous Relatives?
Most ofKendrick Lamar‘s days begin — or maybe end — around 5 a.m., when the 27-year-old king of West Coast rap comes home from the recording studio. He lives in a three-level condo not far away from where he grew up in Compton, Los Angeles, although...
Since releasingThe Chronicin 1992,Dr. Drespent the rest of the 90s watching the gangsta rap style he helped birth and popularize completelytake over the genre. It wasn’t just a dominant force in hip-hop, it was the dominant force in music – full stop. But after releasing his second so...
Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar took on a slew of new targets with the release of what was a hotly anticipated track. Representing the fourth installment in his "The Heart" series, it calls out former President Donald Trump and references ongoing beef with other rappers. It also sees Lamar decla...
When the world crowns you the king of a genre as competitive as rap, your presence — and lack thereof — is palpable. After a five-year hiatus,Kendrick Lamardeclaratively stomped back on stage with his fifth studio album,Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, to explain why the crown no l...