2.5 2017–present: Damn and Black Panther soundtrack hiatus and final Top Dawg Entertainment album.2.4 2014–2016: To Pimp a Butterfly and Untitled Unmastered.2.3 2012–2013: Good Kid, M.A.A.D City and controversies.Three of his studio albums have been listed in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020). In 2015, he received the California State Senate's Generational Icon Award. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016. In 2012, MTV named him the Hottest MC in the Game on their annual list. Lamar has received many accolades over the course of his career, including 13 Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, six Billboard Music Awards, a Brit Award, 11 MTV Video Music Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, and an Academy Award nomination. In 2018, he wrote and produced 14 songs for the soundtrack to the superhero film Black Panther, which also received critical acclaim. He released his fourth album, Damn (2017) to further acclaim its lead single " Humble" topped the US Billboard Hot 100, while the album became the first non-classical and non-jazz album to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music. It was followed by Untitled Unmastered (2016), a collection of unreleased demos that originated during the recording sessions for To Pimp a Butterfly. It became his first number one album on the Billboard 200, and was the most acclaimed album of the 2010s, according to statistics from Metacritic. His third album To Pimp a Butterfly (2015) incorporated elements of funk, soul, jazz, and spoken word. It would go on to be certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Lamar's major-label debut album, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, was released in 2012 to critical acclaim. By that time, he had amassed a large online following and collaborated with several prominent hip hop artists. The following year, he independently released his first studio album, Section.80, which included his debut single " HiiiPoWeR". He began to gain recognition in 2010 after his first retail release, Overly Dedicated. Raised in Compton, California, Lamar embarked on his musical career as a teenager under the stage name K.Dot, releasing a mixtape that garnered local attention and led to his signing with indie record label Top Dawg Entertainment. Aside from his solo career, he is also known as a member of the hip hop supergroup Black Hippy alongside his Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) label-mates Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, and Schoolboy Q. Since his mainstream debut in 2012 with Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, Lamar has been regarded as one of the most influential rappers of his generation. Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987) is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer.
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