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11th Grade - English - Singer Songwriter - Kendrick Lamar: Kendrick Lamar

Get to know hip hop artist Kendrick Lamar as he talks about his life and music in the Apple Podcast, Meet the Musician. Click here to listen.

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Kendrick Lamar Articles

Kendrick Lamar’s New No. 1 Proves He’s Not Just Our Greatest Rapper. He’s One of Our Biggest Pop Stars.

Click here to get to know why Kendrick Lamar is considered one of the millennium's best pop stars.


What Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer Means for Hip-Hop

Click here to read a New Yorker article on Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer award.


Sit Down, Be HUMBLE.: Deconstructing Kendrick Lamar's Hottest 100 #1 song

Click here to read an in-depth analysis of Kendrick Lamar's HUMBLE. 




Research Tools

Kendrick Lamar: How to MC

Touré sat with Kendrick Lamar and talked about how Kendrick became Kendrick, his techniques, his success and failure, and his life story that shaped him today.

Kendrick Lamar's Album To Pimp a Butterfly Analyses

Dissect Season 1 (Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly)

Listen to the finale episode of Dissect's season 1 presents "Kendrick Lamar" as it concludes its analysis of the rapper's album To Pimp a Butterfly.

To listen to all season 1 episodes click here


Kendrick Lamar, Dissenting From the Mainstream as He Influences It

The New York's Times pop music critic and host of Popcast, Jon Caramanica together with The Time's pop music reporter, Joe Coscarelli discuss Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly album, his back story, his place in hip-hop, and his potential long-term effect on the genre.


Anatomy of 'A Butterfly'; the Single Worst Word in Music

The Music Snobs dive into 2015’s most talked about release, "To Pimp A Butterfly", and wonder aloud about the social, political, and religious undertones of Kendrick Lamar’s rare artistry, while bluntly asking: is this album a contemporary masterpiece or an overrated critical darling? 

Is Kendrick Lamar the New 2Pac?

Déjà Vu host, Stereo Williams leads a panel of music experts in an in-depth discussion about the ways that Kendrick Lamar connects to one of the 90s most famous rappers, 2Pac.

Kendrick Lamar's DAMN. Album Analyses

Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. ALBUM REVIEW

Kendrick Lamar's DAMN. Album Reviewed by American Music Critic Anthony Fantano a.k.a The Needle Drop.

To listen to TND's other podcasts click here.


Kendrick Lamar’s HUMBLE deconstructed with Amber Mark

Host of Switched on Pop, Nate sits down with singer/producer Amber Mark to explore the different levels of Kendrick’s hit HUMBLE.


DAMN. By Kendrick Lamar

Pop-Culture Pelican hosts, Dan and Patrick discuss how underlying Kendrick Lamar's song in his DAMN. album are Lamar’s desire for LOYALTY., authenticity, and LOVE. Content advisory: this is a hiphop album. It contains swearing.