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Kendrick Lamar is pulling the curtain back on how he secured a sample of Luther Vandross' voice for his latest album. “This is what music is about," Lamar said at the podium. "Luther Vandross. This is ...

The "Not Like Us" rapper needed to win four Grammys at the 2026 awards ceremony on Sunday to break the record. He won five. By McKinley Franklin Kendrick Lamar now holds the title of the most awarded ...

Kendrick Lamar's not like anybody else. The prolific rapper, fresh off of the umpteenth year that qualified as monumental for the 38-year-old from Compton, Calif., surpassed Jay-Z as the most-awarded ...

Kendrick Lamar is pulling the curtain back on how he secured a sample of Luther Vandross' voice for his latest album. Kendrick Lamar accepts the Best Rap Album award for "GNX" onstage during the 68th ...

Kendrick Lamar won two Grammys for “luther” with SZA and “tv off” with Lefty Gunplay, moving within three wins of Jay-Z’s record. Kendrick Lamar grabbed two Grammy wins Sunday. The Compton rapper took ...

J. Cole’s long-awaited album The Fall Off may have once included rare contributions from both Drake and Kendrick Lamar, according to comments from Mal of the New Rory and Mal podcast. During a recent ...

When Kendrick Lamar casually told rising Compton rapper Chef Boy, “We got one coming, it’s nothing. Say less,” fans immediately went into overdrive. The exchange, caught on Twitter by Kurrco during ...

W hen Kendrick Lamar knocked out Drake with 2024’s “Not Like Us,” he did so with pomp and flair. It was an epic musical showdown that concluded with Lamar being crowned not just the victor of the ...

*Kendrick Lamar’s upcoming movie, known internally as “Whitney Springs,” is a live-action musical comedy. It’s being co-produced by Lamar and Dave Free (Lamar’s manager) through pgLang, alongside ...

A federal judge in New York tossed out a defamation lawsuit that Drake brought against Universal Music Group, ruling that lyrics branding the superstar as a pedophile in Kendrick Lamar's ...