Kendrick Lamar Is the Year’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist for the First Time

Kendrick Lamar Is the Year’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist for the First Time

Kendrick Lamar is Billboard's year-end Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist for the first time.

Kendrick Lamar 2025 Run Adds Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip Hop Artist of the Year

Kendrick Lamar is Billboard’s 2025 R&B/Hip Hop Artist of the Year. See how ‘GNX,’ “Not Like Us,” and a record-breaking year earned him the crown.

Kendrick Lamar Named Billboard’s Top Hot 100 Songwriter And R&B/Hip-Hop Artist Of The Year For The First Time

Kendrick Lamar has been named Billboard’s Top Hot 100 Songwriter and R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of 2025, with the Pulitzer Prize-winning Compton rapper receiving both year-end honors for the very first time. This caps off a banner year for Lamar, fueled by his chart-topping GNX album and its record-breaking hit “Luther,” a collaboration with SZA that topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for a historic 31 weeks. The surprise GNX release debuted at No. …

Kendrick Lamar Named Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Artist Of The Year

Billboard has named Kendrick Lamar the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year. It marks the first time in his career he’s been honored with the title. The selection is determined by activity from the weekly Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts dated Oct. 26, 2024, through Oct. 18, 2025. While Lamar didn’t drop an album in 2025, his 2024 project, GNX, continued to dominate the charts well after its release. GNX debuted at No. 1 on …