

In March of 2020, Lamar and Dave Free launched PgLang, a production company whose name stands for “program language.” In August 2021, Kendrick launched a new website, where he proceeded to announce the release date for his next project in April of 2022. Several years of relative inactivity followed, with Kendrick only resurfacing for features or collaborative efforts. In April, later the same year, he won the Pulitzer Prize in music for his album, DAMN. In February of 2018, Kendrick and TDE released Black Panther: The Album (Music from and Inspired by). Dre’s Aftermath Entertainment imprint, under Interscope Records. Lamar is a member of the hip-hop collective Black Hippy, along with Jay Rock, ScHoolboy Q and Ab-Soul-all of whom came up together as a part of Top Dawg Entertainment however, in 2022, it was announced that Kendrick would be departing TDE following the release of his fifth studio album.

He is also the only rapper to win all of the Grammy Awards in the rap field at the same ceremony, doing so in 20. He has also been nominated for 29 Grammy Awards and has won 12 of them with two for Best Rap Album. 9 on Billboard’s 10 Best Rappers of All Time list, alongside artists like Jay-Z, Nas, Notorious B.I.G. Kendrick Lamar’s position within the rap game is held incredibly high. Known for his storytelling, imagery, wordplay, passion and varied song structures, Kendrick brings hard-hitting lyricism with narratives to the West Coast, not traditionally known for its lyricists. After five years of silence, on May 13, 2022, Kendrick released his fifth studio album, Mr. In April of 2017, Kendrick released DAMN. In 2015, he released To Pimp a Butterfly to widespread acclaim. In 2012, he crossed over to mainstream audiences with his major label debut, good kid, m.A.A.d city, which was widely regarded as an instant classic. In 2011, his album Section.80, released exclusively through iTunes, instantly ranked as one of the top digital hip-hop releases of the year.

He first gained major attention after the release of his 2010 mixtape O(verly) D(edicated). Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987) is an American rapper and songwriter from Compton, California.
