In an interview with Bootleg Kev, Cole stated: I just started working with Kendrick the other day. The song was produced by West Coast producer Scoop DeVille and features vocals from his mentor Dr. The song, which serves as the first single from Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, was released for digital download the following day. On April 2, 2012, Lamar premiered his commercial debut single The Recipe, on Big Boys Neighborhood at Power 106. Under the new deal, Lamars projects, including his album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, would be jointly released via Top Dawg, Aftermath, and Interscope.Īlso in March, Lamar appeared on Last Call with Carson Daly, where he spoke on Dr.ĭre and his hometown of Compton, California. In February, Lamar also embarked on Drakes Club Paradise Tour, opening along with fellow American rappers, ASAP Rocky and 2 Chainz.
In February 2012, it was announced that Fader had enlisted both Kendrick Lamar and Detroit-based rapper Danny Brown, to appear on the cover of the magazines Spring Style issue. Lamar later revealed that the track was for his major-label debut studio album and that he had plans to shoot a video for it. On February 15, 2012, a song by Lamar titled Cartoon and Cereal, featuring fellow American rapper Gunplay, was leaked online. Section.80 went on to sell 5,300 digital copies in its first week, without any television or radio coverage, and received mostly positive reviews. The album features guest appearances from GLC, Colin Munroe, Schoolboy Q, and Ab-Soul, while the production was handled by Top Dawg in-house production team DigiPhonics as well as Wyldfyer, Terrace Martin and J.Ĭole. On July 2, 2011, Lamar released Section.80, his first independent album, to critical acclaim. In June 2011, Lamar released Ronald Reagan Era (His Evils), a cut from Section.80, featuring Wu-Tang Clan leader RZA. That same year, Lamar along with his TDE label-mates: Jay Rock, Ab-Soul and ScHoolboy Q formed Black Hippy, a hip hop supergroup. He subsequently released a self-titled extended play in late 2009. Lamar began rapping a verse over the instrumental to Miilkbone s Keep It Real, which would later appear on a track titled West Coast Wu-Tang. Under the moniker K-Dot, Lamar was also featured on The Games songs The Cypha and Cali Niggaz. He has admitted to being quiet and shy in school, his mother even confirming he was a loner until the age of seven.Īs a teenager, he attended Centennial Middle School in Compton, where he was a straight-A student. In 1995, at the age of eight, Lamar witnessed his idols Tupac Shakur and Dr.ĭre filming the music video for their hit single California Love, which proved to be a significant moment in his life.Īs a child, Lamar attended McNair Elementary and Vanguard Learning Center in the Compton Unified School District. In 2015, he received the California State Senate s Generational Icon Award. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016. In 2012, MTV named him the Hottest MC in the Game on their annual list. Lamars work received widespread critical acclaim, and won the Academy and Grammy Awards for Best Original Score. In 2018, he wrote and produced 14 songs for the soundtrack to the superhero film Black Panther. He released his fourth album, Damn (2017) to further acclaim its lead single Humble topped the US Billboard Hot 100, while the album became the first non-classical and non-jazz album to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music. It was followed by Untitled Unmastered (2016), a collection of unreleased demos that originated during the recording sessions for To Pimp a Butterfly. It became his first number one album on the Billboard 200, and was the most acclaimed album of the 2010s. His third album To Pimp a Butterfly (2015) incorporated elements of funk, soul, jazz, and spoken word. It was later certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The following year, he independently released his first studio album, Section.80, which included his debut single HiiiPoWeR.īy that time, he had amassed a large online following and collaborated with several prominent hip hop artists, including The Game, Busta Rhymes, and Snoop Dogg. He began to gain recognition in 2010 after his first retail release, Overly Dedicated. Since his debut into the mainstream with Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012), Lamar has been regarded as one of the best and most influential artists of his generation, and one of the greatest rappers and lyricists of all time.Īside from his solo career, he is also known as a member of the hip hop supergroup Black Hippy alongside his Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) label-mates Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, and Schoolboy Q.
For his self-titled extended play, see Kendrick Lamar (EP).
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