Kendrick Lamar is an American rapper and songwriter. After releasing several mixtapes and his debut studio album ''
Section.80'' (2011), he gained mainstream recognition following the release of his second studio album ''
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City'' (2012). The album earned Lamar seven nominations at the
56th Annual Grammy Awards
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, including
Album of the Year Album of the Year, often abbreviated to AOTY, may refer to:
Awards
* ARIA Award for Album of the Year, Australia
* Brit Award for British Album of the Year, UK
* Grammy Award for Album of the Year, US
* Juno Award for Album of the Year, CA
* Lati ...
,
Best New Artist and
Best Rap Album. He then won his first two Grammy Awards for
Best Rap Song and
Best Rap Performance for his single "
I". His third studio album ''
To Pimp a Butterfly'' (2015) helped him receive the most Grammy nominations by a rapper in one night, with eleven.
He won five of those awards at the
58th ceremony, including Best Rap Album, Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance for "
Alright", and
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "
These Walls" with
Bilal,
Anna Wise and
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.
In 2015, Lamar received the
California State Senate
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's Generational Icon Award from State Senator
Isadore Hall III. He released his fourth studio album ''
Damn
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In Ancient Egyptian religious tradition, citizens would recite th ...
'' in 2017, which went on to win five awards at the
60th Annual Grammy Awards, including Best Rap Album, and become the first non-classical or jazz work to win the
Pulitzer Prize for Music.
His
curated soundtrack for the superhero film ''
Black Panther
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'' (2018) won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance for the single "
King's Dead" with
Jay Rock,
Future
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and
James Blake, and receive an Academy Award nomination for the single "
All the Stars" with
SZA
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. In 2022, Lamar won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance for the single "
Family Ties" with
Baby Keem, and the
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for co-headlining
the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show. He was also nominated for eight Grammy Awards at the
65th ceremony following the release of his fifth studio album ''
Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers''. in 2022, Lamar got nominated in
South African Hip Hop Awards for Best International Act and he won.
Awards and nominations
Other accolades
Listicles
State and cultural honors
Notes
References
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awards
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