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Kendrick Lamar
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Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar is a hip-hop artist from United States formed in 2003. 43 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

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878 ratings
43
Releases
2009–2026
Active years
2003
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2017 · 14 tracks

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Singles & EPs

27

Live & compilations

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Credits

12

Records Kendrick Lamar worked on for other artists — the roles are as credited on each release.

Appears on

51

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Featured tracks

57

Videos

4

Collaborators

24

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Honors

13
  • Grammy Awards

    ×6

    Grammy Awards

    • 2026 · Best Rap Song
    • 2026 · Best Rap Album
    • 2026 · Best Melodic Rap Performance
    • 2025 · Best Music Video
    • 2016 · Best Melodic Rap Performance
    • +1 more
  • Grammy Award for Record of the Year

    ×2

    Grammy Award for Record of the Year

    • 2026
    • 2025
  • Grammy Award for Song of the Year

    ×1

    Grammy Award for Song of the Year

    • 2025
  • BET Award for Best Collaboration

    ×1

    BET Award for Best Collaboration

    • 2013
  • BET Award for Best New Artist

    ×1

    BET Award for Best New Artist

    • 2013
  • Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance

    ×1

    Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance

    • 2025
  • Pulitzer Prize

    ×1

    Pulitzer Prize

    • 2018 · Music

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Kendrick Lamar at a glance

Born in
Compton
From
United States
Active since
2003
Instruments
voice
Labels
Interscope Records, Aftermath Entertainment, Top Dawg Entertainment, PGLang
Educated at
Centennial High School
Family
Nick Young

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Children listed are those with their own public record, so the list may be incomplete.

About

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987) is an American hip hop recording artist from Compton, California. Lamar embarked on his musical career as a teenager under the moniker K-Dot, released a mixtape which garnered local attention and led to his signing with Carson-based independent record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE). Lamar began to gain major recognition in 2010 after his first retail release, Overly Dedicated. The following year, he released Section.80, his first independent album, exclusively through iTunes. The album included Lamar's debut single, "HiiiPoWeR". By that time, Lamar had amassed a large internet following and had already worked with several prominent artists in the hip hop industry, including The Game, Snoop Dogg, and Busta Rhymes.

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Lamar secured a recording contract with Aftermath and Interscope Records in 2012. His major-label debut album, good kid, m.A.A.d city, was released in October 2012 to universal acclaim. The record contained the top 40 singles "Swimming Pools (Drank)", "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe", and "Poetic Justice". Upon its release, the album debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In early 2013, MTV named Lamar the No. 1 "Hottest MC in the Game" on their annual list. In 2015, Lamar released his third studio album To Pimp a Butterfly, incorporating elements of funk, spoken word poetry and jazz in the hip hop record – it debuted atop the charts in the U.S. and the UK. The album was preceded by its lead single "i", which earned him his first two Grammy Awards at the 2015 ceremony: Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song. Later that year, Taylor Swift and Lamar's collaboration "Bad Blood" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Apart from his solo career, Lamar is also known as a member of the West Coast hip hop supergroup Black Hippy, alongside his TDE labelmates and fellow South Los Angeles-based rappers Ab-Soul, Jay Rock and Schoolboy Q.

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Acting roles

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Kendrick Lamar in brief

How many Kendrick Lamar releases are on Riffiter?
43 releases are catalogued, spanning 2009 to 2026.
When was Kendrick Lamar formed?
Kendrick Lamar formed in 2003, in United States.
What genre is Kendrick Lamar?
Kendrick Lamar is catalogued under Hip-Hop.
What is the most recent Kendrick Lamar release on Riffiter?
My People ("Bastards of the Party" Original Soundtrack Version), released in 2026.
What awards has Kendrick Lamar won?
Kendrick Lamar has 13 award wins on record, including Grammy Awards (6×), Grammy Award for Record of the Year (2×), Grammy Award for Song of the Year (1×).

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