Kendrick Lamar

2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards: Lady Gaga and Mariah Carey secure top honours

The 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards lit up Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre on Monday (March 17), delivering a night of star-studded celebrations and major honours. Lady Gaga was recognised with the prestigious iHeartRadio Innovator Award for her groundbreaking contributions to music and performance, while the legendary Mariah Carey, the best-selling female artiste in history, was celebrated with the iHeartRadio Icon Award.

Kendrick Lamar becomes first rapper with three solo albums on Billboard 200 Top 10

Kendrick Lamar has made history as the first rapper to have three solo albums simultaneously rank in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart, according to a recent announcement by the US-based entertainment magazine.

Kendrick Lamar performs ‘Not Like Us’ at Super Bowl 2025

Fresh off his triumphant sweep at last week’s Grammy Awards, Kendrick Lamar took centre stage at the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show, performing his 2024 diss track “Not Like Us” with signature energy.

GNX: Kendrick Lamar’s surprise album is overflowing with a West Coast sound

From the aftermath of what was perhaps one of hip-hop’s biggest rap feuds (against Drake, no less), Kendrick Lamar has released his newest project. The biggest question is: Is it any good?

Drake files legal petition over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’

In a dramatic escalation of their ongoing feud, rapper Drake has initiated legal action against Universal Music Group (UMG) over alleged manipulation of streaming numbers for Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us”.

Security guard shot at Drake’s Toronto home amid beef with Kendrick Lamar

A security guard stationed outside the Toronto mansion of Canadian rap sensation Drake was shot by suspects in a vehicle. The incident occurred at around 06:00 GMT on Tuesday at the corner of Park Lane Circle, according to Toronto police reports. Witnesses told Canadian media he had sustained several gunshot wounds, including one to the chest.

ESSAY / Music and the space it creates for literature

I cannot, for the life of me, definitively describe what makes music. Growing up in a family where music of any form was not typically paid any reverence, my exposure to it was tunnelled into mainstream pop songs for the longest time.

MUSIC / Into the mind of Kendrick Lamar with Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

The album takes his listeners through a journey of his own self-reflection.

Bruno Mars surprises with Grammy sweep

Bruno Mars, who has revived retro funk and R&B for a new generation, completes a surprise sweep of the Grammys as the music world chose his party anthems in tumultuous times.

March 18, 2015
March 18, 2015

Kendrick Lamar album breaks Spotify record

Rapper Kendrick Lamar's latest album has broken the first-day record on Spotify after its surprise early release

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