- Born
- Birth nameKendrick Duckworth
- Nicknames
- K-Dot
- Kung-fu Kenny
- King Kendrick
- King Kunta
- K-Dizzle
- Kendrick Llama
- K. Montana
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Kendrick Lamar is a hip-hop artist from Compton, California. He's signed with Dr. Dre's label, Aftermath. Kendrick also has his own label, known as 'Top Dawg Entertainment', with includes artists such as Jay Rock, ScHoolboy Q and Ab Soul. Kendrick's major label debut album, 'good kid m.A.A.d city' is already known as a classic and was only released in late 2012. His Music is influenced by the great artists such as Snoop Dogg, 2 pac, Lil wayne and many more.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Lucky.
- ChildrenEnochUzi
- ParentsKenneth DuckworthPaula Oliver
- RelativesKayla(Sibling)Baby Keem(Cousin)Nick Young(Cousin)
- Known for unexpectedly switching the beat, melody, voice or flow in the middle of the song
- Changes the pitch of his voice to illustrate the narrative. Prime examples: "FEAR.", "m.A.A.d city"
- His third album "To Pimp A Butterfly" is the highest rated rap album in Metacritic and the 4th highest ranked album of all time with a score of 96/100.
- His mother gave him the name "Kendrick" in honor of singer Eddie Kendricks.
- Was on the set of Dr. Dre and Tupac's "California Love" music video at age 9.
- Won the Pulitzer Prize in music for his 2017 album "Damn" making the rapper the first non-classical or jazz artist to win the award.
- Groups break up because they never got across what they wanted to do personally, and they have creative differences, and egos start to clash.
- People are used to music that justifies street culture but something that's not touched on is why these kids act the way they act, live the way they live.
- The worst part of success is, to me, adapting to it. It's scary.
- I always thought money was something just to make me happy. But I've learned that I feel better being able to help my folks, 'cause we never had nothing. So just to see them excited about my career is more of a blessing than me actually having it for myself.
- I'm Machiavelli's offspring, I'm the king of New York, king of the coast, one hand, I juggle them both.
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