He has admitted to being quiet and shy in school, his mother even confirming he was 'a loner' until the age of seven. As a child, Lamar attended McNair Elementary and Vanguard Learning Center in theВ Compton Unified School District. DreВ filming the music video for their hit single 'California Love', which proved to be a significant moment in his life. In 1995, at the age of eight, Lamar witnessed his idolsВ Tupac ShakurВ andВ Dr. He grew up on welfare and inВ section 8 housing. His first name was given to him by his mother in honor of American singer-songwriterВ Eddie KendricksВ ofВ The Temptations. His father, Kenny Duckworth, was a member of street gangВ Gangster Disciples. Kendrick Lamar Duckworth was born inВ Compton, CaliforniaВ on June 17, 1987, В the son of a couple fromВ Chicago. 2.52017вЂ“present: Damn.В and Black PantherВ soundtrack.2.42014вЂ“2016: To Pimp a ButterflyВ and Untitled Unmastered.In 2015, he received theВ California State Senate's Generational Icon Award. TimeВ named him one of theВ 100 most influential people in the worldВ in 2016. In 2012,В MTVВ named him theВ 'Hottest MC in the Game'В on their annual list. Lamar has receivedВ many accoladesВ over the course of his career, including 13В Grammy Awards, twoВ American Music Awards, five BillboardВ Music Awards, aВ Brit Award, 11В MTV Video Music Awards, aВ Pulitzer PrizeВ and anВ Academy AwardВ nomination. He released his fourth album, Damn, in 2017 to further acclaim its lead single 'Humble' topped the US BillboardВ Hot 100, while the album became the first non-classical and non-jazz album to be awarded theВ Pulitzer Prize for Music. In 2016, Lamar released Untitled Unmastered, a collection of unreleasedВ demosВ that originated during the recording sessions for To Pimp a Butterfly. It became his first number one album on the BillboardВ 200, and was the most acclaimed album of the 2010s. His third album To Pimp a ButterflyВ (2015) incorporated elements ofВ funk,В soul,В jazz, andВ spoken word. It was later certifiedВ PlatinumВ by theВ Recording Industry Association of AmericaВ (RIAA). Lamar's major label debut album, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, was released in 2012 to critical acclaim. By that time, he had amassed a large online following and collaborated with several prominentВ hip hopВ artists, includingВ The Game,В Busta Rhymes, andВ Snoop Dogg. The following year, he independently released his first studio album, Section.80, which included his debut single 'HiiiPoWeR'. He began to gain recognition in 2010 after his first retail release, Overly Dedicated. Raised inВ Compton, California, Lamar embarked on his musical career as a teenager under the stage name K-Dot, releasing a mixtape that garnered local attention and led to his signing with indie record labelВ Top Dawg EntertainmentВ (TDE). Aside from his solo career, Lamar is also known as a member of the hip hop supergroupВ Black Hippy, alongside his TDE label-matesВ Ab-Soul,В Jay Rock, andВ Schoolboy Q. He is regarded by many critics and contemporaries as one of the most influential artists of his generation, and often cited as one of the greatest rappers of all time. Kendrick Lamar DuckworthВ (born June 17, 1987) is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer.

Lamar at the 2018В Pulitzer PrizeВ ceremony For his self-titled extended play, seeВ Kendrick LamarВ (EP). 1.3.5 2017вЂ“present: Damn.В and Black PantherВ soundtrack.1.3.4 2014вЂ“2016: To Pimp a ButterflyВ and Untitled Unmastered.

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