Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly was an instant hit, leading him to five Grammy awards in the best year of his career so far.
The rapper has in the past revealed there was so much material he had that didn’t make the cut, and whilst he has performed some of those, fans have resigned themselves to never hearing that material.
The 2016 Grammy Awards show took place at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles Monday night.
Kendrick Lamar was on fire, scooping up five awards after the amazing year he had with ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’. Taylor Swift took home album of the year for 1989, and Ed Sheeran took song of the year.
Kendrick Lamar is the king of rap right now. Kendrick Lamar had the best performance at the 2016 Grammy Awards. The Compton rapper absolutely annihilated the stage with an amazing performance of his single ‘Blacker The Berry’. His performance was just breathtaking. You think I’m exaggerating the shit out of him? Press ‘play’ below and … Read more
Last year was a big one for Drake, when he proved that he was not a man to trifle with in a rap beef, so I wouldn’t bet against him in this one.
President Obama stoked the wrath of the ‘6 God’ when he chose Kendrick Lamar over him when asked who would win in a rap battle, so Drake set about to proving the President wrong.
Adele and Kendrick Lave have been confirmed to perform at the Grammy Awards 2016. Though not eligible for nominations at this year’s Grammy’s, Adele has been tapped to wow the audience and viewers with her breathtaking vocals. Words has it that she will perform her second single, ‘When We Were Young’. Compton rapper, Kendrick Lamar … Read more
In 2014, Kendrick Lamar didn’t win a single grammy despite getting a whopping seven nominations. Fast-forward 2015, with hard work and sheer talent, the Compton-born rapper has been nominated 11 times for the forthcoming 2016 Grammy Awards. He celebrates this honour by releasing a new video titled ”Hard Work”. The visual was directed by Dave … Read more
It has become an anthem for African Americans in this time of entrenched racial inequality in the US, epitomised most by hugely disproportionate violence by police against blacks.
The Grammy nominated song from this year’s classic release from Lamar, ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’, has been earning rave reviews. And now the entertainment website Vulture has ranked it their top music video of the year in their end of year list.
The 2015 BET HipHop Awards aired Tuesday night (Oct 13), after being taped over the weekend; honouring the best in the genre for the calendar year. The biggest winners on the night were youngsters Kendrick Lamar and Big Sean, who plucked three honours apiece. Drake followed with two, although he snatched the top award for … Read more
The good doctor let his fans know that his first album in sixteen years would be released this Friday, August 7.
Dre made the announcement on his Beats 1 radio show, ‘The Pharmacy’. According to the iconic rapper-producer extraordinaire, the album, ‘Compton, A Soundtrack by Dr Dre’, would be his ‘grand finale’
She has done it again. Taylor Swift’s ‘Bad Blood’ has skyrocketed to NO. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it her third number one song from the ‘1989’ album. The Kendrick Lamar-assisted track toppled Wiz Khalifa’s six-week number one song ‘See You Again’ from the top of the chart. According to Billboard, the Katy … Read more
Kendrick Lamar recently released his second studio album ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ The album has been doing well enough; a perfect blend of the Compton rapper’s impressive lyrical dexterity and perceptive awareness of social issues. But that’s the not the only accomplishment he’s achieved lately. Unlike most other celebrities whose relationships can barely last a … Read more
