Think about the last time someone from your favorite genre got acknowledged by institutions that typically ignore your world.

*Damn! seems like the correct exclamation in light of what we’re talking about because it’s historic. And it’s this: rapper Kendrick Lamar is now the first non-classical and non-jazz artist to win a ...

Kendrick Lamar has called himself “the greatest rapper alive,” and on April 16, he became the first rapper to win the Pulitzer Prize for music. The Pulitzer board described Lamar’s fourth album, DAMN.

Kendrick Lamar has created the perfect fusion of politics and hip hop, and on Monday he got a Pulitzer Prize -- and of course he did. In a time when hip hop is supersaturated with vapid pop hits and ...

Kendrick Lamar won the Pulitzer Prize for Music album "DAMN.," making him the first rap artist to ever win an award historically dominated by classical music. Rapper Kendrick Lamar won the Pulitzer ...

The “King Of Crunk” decided to get serious about his health after a friend’s surgery. 16 hours ago Lamar accepted the award at Columbia University in New York on Wednesday for his latest album Damn.