Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (English: Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, June 17, 1987 -), American rapper, songwriter and music producer, was born in Compton, California, United States. Nama came to prominence in 2003 with the mixtape "Youngest Head Nigga In Charge". In 2004, Nama signed with Top Dawg Entertainment, a record company based in Carson, California. In 2012, Nama signed a joint venture agreement with Aftermath Entertainment and New Vision Records. Naama is also a member of West Coast hip-hop supergroup Black Hippies. In 2018, Lamarr was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music, becoming the first musician outside the classical and jazz genres to win this honor. Lamar won the Grammy Awards for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song in 2015 for his song "I", which are also the two highest awards he won in rap music in 2015. On March 16 of the same year, he released his third studio album "American Butterfly Dream", which topped the Billboard album chart for two weeks with sales of more than 300,000. In 2015, Lamarr collaborated with American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift to release a remixed version of "Hostile". The video became the video with the highest single-day views in the history of VEVO. As a result, Lamarr reached the peak of her career and won a Grammy Award. At the same time, the lyrics in this video are also alluding to American singer Katy Perry. The original version of the music is included in Taylor Swift's fifth album "1989". In 2023, the remixed version of "Hostile" was included in "1989 (Remastered Edition) (Deluxe Edition)". In 2024, his public feud with Drake spawned the hit singles "Like That" and "Not Like Us." The latter became the most awarded song in Grammy Awards history, winning five awards, including Song of the Year and Production of the Year. The sixth album "GNX", released without warning, sold 319,000 copies in its first week and topped the Billboard album chart. In 2025, he became the first hip-hop artist to headline the Super Bowl halftime show and the first hip-hop artist to perform in the Super Bowl halftime show twice.