Grammy award-winning rapper, Kendrick Lamar, born May 12, 1986, is going down in history as one of the best rappers of all time.
Known for his self-reflective and revealing lyrics, the Compton rapper stays relatively low-key about his personal life with his longtime girlfriend, high school sweetheart and fiancé Whitney Alford.The songwriter’s first studio album came out in 2011, and his underground stardom developed into mainstream notoriety.
This got him a record deal with none other than the infamous Dr. Dre. This debut album, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, took him to the top, and his 2015 follow-up, To Pimp a Butterfly, cemented his status as one of the defining voices of his generation.
By 2017, he achieved his first number-one single: “Humble.”With 14 Grammy Awards, six Billboard Music Awards and a Pulitzer Prize, his fame only increases.
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