Kendrick Lamar
No rapper had won a Pulitzer Prize until DAMN. took the music award in 2018, the first winner from outside the classical and jazz worlds. By then Kendrick Lamar had already rewritten what a hip-hop album could be.
good kid, m.A.A.d city played like a coming-of-age film set on the streets of Compton, and To Pimp a Butterfly plunged into horn-laden funk, soul and spoken word with Thundercat and Kamasi Washington, its 'Alright' becoming a protest chant.
Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers turned inward, then his 2024 feud with Drake produced 'Not Like Us', a West Coast party anthem that swept the Grammys, and GNX, the album behind his Super Bowl halftime show, earned Best Rap Album.
If you like Kendrick Lamar you should check out: Anderson .Paak, Flying Lotus, Dr. Dre, 2Pac, Notorious B.I.G., OutKast, Kanye West, Childish Gambino, Mac Miller, Erykah Badu
