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Kendrick Lamar: Rap's Poet Laureate
Kendrick Lamar won five Grammys including Record of the Year for "Luther," repeating last year's success and reinforcing his impact on contemporary rap music.
- On Sunday, Kendrick Lamar won five Grammys, including Record of the Year for `Luther` featuring SZA, emphasizing his ongoing influence in music.
- Critical milestones such as the Pulitzer Prize jury helped Kendrick Lamar, Pulitzer Prize winner, broaden jazz, soul and funk influences with his 2015 album `To Pimp a Butterfly`.
- The world tour with SZA, which grossed more than $350,000,000 and sold over 1,500,000 tickets, highlighted Kendrick Lamar’s major stage success.
- Among the prizes were best rap performance, best rap song and best melodic rap performance, and Lamar responded on stage, saying `I'm not good at talking about myself, but I express it through the music.`
- Streaming figures for `Not Like Us` indicate it became a record-breaking streaming giant and a rap anthem, following its May 2024 release amid a feud with Drake.
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Kendrick Lamar reaffirmed his musical dominance by taking home five awards for the second year in a row, including Record of the Year for "Luther" with SZA, Best Rap Album for "GNX," Best Melodic Rap Performance for "Luther," Best Rap Song for "TV Off," and Best Rap Performance as a Featured Artist for "Chains & Whips." (BBC.com) Read more
Kendrick Lamar cleans up at the Grammys 2026
Kendrick Lamar was the big winner at the 2026 Grammy Awards, picking up a total of five trophies – see the complete list of winners below. Lamar had gone into the night leading the nominations with nine, and ran out with Record Of The Year for his SZA collaboration ‘Luther’, as well as all four
Cementing his status: Kendrick Lamar: rap's poet laureate
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