Grammy Awards’ Rap Race: Can Anyone Best Kendrick Lamar?

Grammy award-winning rapper, Kendrick Lamar, born May 12, 1986, is going down in history as one of the best rappers of all time. Known for his self-reflective and revealing lyrics, the Compton rapper stays relatively low-key about his personal life with his longtime girlfriend, high school sweetheart and fiancé Whitney Alford.

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Duval Timothy, the pianist and producer who contributed to four tracks on Kendrick Lamar's Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, has announced details of a new solo album.

DEALSJess Glynne has signed to booking agency UTA for worldwide representation.Sony Music Middle East and Kuwait-based music company Ghmza have announced a new partnership to produce music and promote emerging Khaleeji pop artists across the Middle East. “We are incredibly excited to partner with the talented team at Ghmza”, says Mike Fairburn, General Manager at Sony Music Middle East.

Kendrick Lamar is set to livestream a full concert from his ‘The Big Steppers Tour’ in Paris this weekend.The rapper has teamed up with Amazon Music for the show at the Accor Arena on October 22, which also marks the 10th anniversary of his debut album ‘Good Kid, MAAd City’.The show will be broadcast at 2pm Eastern Time (7pm BST) and will be available via Amazon Prime Video, the Amazon Music app and Twitch.Tim Hinshaw, head of R&B and hip-hop for Amazon Music, said in a press statement via The Fader: “As a kid from the west side of Compton, hearing good kid, m.A.A.d city for the first time and seeing Kendrick’s journey from neighborhood hero to global superstar ignited a fire in me that I’m forever grateful for. It showed me that no matter where you start in life, hard work and dedication will put you where you hope and dream to be.live from paris this saturday 10.22 8pm cest / 11am pt / 2pm et pic.twitter.com/6j2mCiAhZf— Kendrick Lamar (@kendricklamar) October 18, 2022“Now, 10 years later, it’s almost poetic that two kids from the same city with similar, but different dreams have landed in Paris to celebrate not just that record but Kendrick’s latest revolutionary album, ‘Mr.

Amazon Music will stream Kendrick Lamar's Paris stop on the Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers tour this Saturday, October 22 at 2 p.m. EST.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Kendrick Lamar’s sold-out show at the Accor Arena in Paris on Saturday will be livestreamed exclusively through Amazon Music and Prime Video, the company announced today. The event will mark the 10-year anniversary of the release of Lamar’s monumentally influential album, “Good Kid, m.A.A.d City” and will give fans with a special look at Lamar’s 65-date world tour in support of his latest release, “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers.” Airing live on October 22 at 2 p.m. ET, fans will be able to watch the livestream for free exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide, the Amazon Music channel on Twitch, and on the Amazon Music app. The stream will also feature sets from pgLang’s Tanna Leone and Grammy Award-winning recording artist, Baby Keem. Lamar’s performance will be available to view on-demand on Prime Video following the livestream event.

Speaking out. Nicki Minaj criticized the Recording Academy for placing her track “Super Freaky Girl” for consideration in the Grammy Awards’ pop category rather than in the rap division.

Grammys are in, with the first round voting for next year’s awards kicking off yesterday (October 13).There are a number of notable submissions and absentees from the 2023 submissions list, including six from Taylor Swift. Swift has put forward ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ for consideration in the Album of the Year and Best Country Album categories, eight years after the original ‘Red’ release lost in both at the 2014 awards.Her other submissions include ‘All Too Well (10 Minute Version)’ for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, ‘I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version)(From The Vault)’ for Best Country Song and Best Country Performance, and the Phoebe Bridgers-featuring ‘Nothing New (Taylor’s Version)(From The Vault)’ for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.Beyoncé has entered two dance/electronic category nominations for the first time.

Bruno Mars announced today that he and Anderson .Paak, known by the duo name Silk Sonic, will not submit their album An Evening With Silk Sonic for Grammy Award consideration.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Bruno Mars has announced that Silk Sonic — the R&B duo consisting of him and Anderson .Paak — will not submit their album “An Evening With Silk Sonic” for Grammy consideration, he told Rolling Stone. “We truly put our all on this record, but Silk Sonic would like to gracefully, humbly and most importantly, sexually, bow out of submitting our album this year,” Mars said. “We hope we can celebrate with everyone on a great year of music and partake in the party. Thank you for letting Silk Sonic thrive.” The album’s lead single, “Leave the Door Open,” was released in April of 2021 and won four Grammys for which it was nominated at the 2022 awards, including album and single of the year. The album was released last November and thus of last year and is not only eligible for 2023 awards, but was expected by nearly all prognosticators to be a top contender for album of the year .

Kendrick Lamar learned to understand unconditional love from his children. The 'Humble' rapper - who has a three-year-old daughter and a second child aged around five months with fiancee Whitney Alford - believes it is important to let his family grow up to make their own decisions and have their own experiences. He told W magazine: "A lot of times, we play with the idea and don’t necessarily know if it’s real, until you feel it.

Kendrick Lamar is opening up about his children and the unconditional love he's felt since becoming a father. In a new interview with , Lamar got candid about his family and the life lessons he's learned thus far.«A lot of times, we play with the idea and don’t necessarily know if it’s real, until you feel it.

Kendrick Lamar‘s fans have his children to thank for the gift of new music.

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Kendrick Lamar has discussed the personal nature of the lyrics on his latest album ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’, and the “tough” process of writing them.Lamar’s fifth studio record was released back in May, and the rapper is currently beginning a European arena tour behind the project.In a new and rare interview, he told W Magazine about writing candidly on the album about experiences with his family, and how he didn’t tell them about the lyrics before the album’s release.“I’m a private person; it was tough for me,” the rapper said, before explaining his reasoning: “The reason why I had to make that decision, whether they was for or against it, I just didn’t want the influence.

You can thank Kendrick Lamar’s children for Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers.

The BET Hip Hop Awards were aired on Tuesday evening with Kendrick Lamar cleaning up and collecting awards for Best Hip Hop Album and Rap Artist of the Year. The celebrations continued in the Cobb Energy Centre in Atlanta with performances from Best Breakthrough Hip-Hop Artist winner GloRilla, Pusha T (who brought out special guest Malice for a Clipse reunion), Fivio Foreign, Joey Bada$$, and Armani White all taking to the stage.