Kendrick Lamar TimeLine
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Updated: 27 May 2021
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Kendrick Lamar was born in Compton, California, on June 17, 1987, the son of a Chicago, Illinois couple. Despite never having been in a gang, Kendrick grew up around gang members, two of his best friends being members of the Bloods, and his father, Kenny Duckworth, being a member of the Gangster Disciple. His first name was given by his mother in honor of singer Eddie Kendricks, of The Temptations.In 1995, at the age of 8, Lamar's father took him to the place where 2Pac the king of rap yet and Dr. Dre a legend of hip-hop filmed the music video for "California Love," which for Lamar was one of the most significant moments of his life.An independent music label called "Top Dawg Entertainment" from Compton CA found an MC named Kendrick Lamar and found him talent.Kendrick lamar under the name K. Dot who is now an MC or rapper at parties and battles and was 16 years or soIn 2004, at the age of 16, Lamar released his first full-length project, a mixtape titled Youngest Head Nigga in Charge, under the pseudonym K-Dot. The mixtape gained local recognition for Lamar, leading to him being signed by independent record company Top Dawg Entertainment, with whom he began recording new record material and consequently released a 26-song mixtape in 2005, called Training Day.
Between 2006 and 2007, Lamar would appear alongside other rising West Coast rappers, Jay Rock and Ya Boy, as oDuring 2010, Lamar went on a tour with Jay Rock and Tech N9ne on The Independent Grind Tour. On September 23, Lamar released Overly Dedicated through Top Dawg Entertainment. The project did well enough to enter the Billboard Top R & B / Hip-Hop Albums charts, where it peaked at # 72.
The mixtape contained a song called "Ignorance Is Bliss", where Lamar highlights gangster gangs and street crime. This particular song made legendary hip-hop producer Dr. Dre want to work alongside Lamar after seeing the musicOn February 5, 2012, a song made by Lamar called "Cartoons and Cereal" leaked online. Lamar later revealed that the song was going to be part of his first major studio album, and that he had plans to record. a music video. Although the song managed to reach # 2 on Complex's ranking of the 50 Best Songs of 2012, in the end it would not make it onto the album. During February, Lamar embarked on Drake's Club Paradise Tour, opening alongside ASAP Rocky and 2 Chainz.
In March 2012, MTV announced that Lamar had In August 2013, Kendrick's verse on Big Sean's song "Control" shocked the hip-hop world. In the verse, Kendrick claimed to lyrically "murder" any other emerging rapper, naming J. Cole, Big KRIT, Wale, Pusha T, Meek Mill, A $ AP Rocky, Drake, Big Sean, Jay Electronics, Tyler, the Creator and Mac Miller. In the verse, Kendrick calls himself the "King of New York," which caused controversy among New York rappers. Various rappers from New York, such as Puff Daddy, Papoose, The Mad Rapper, Mickey Factz , JR WritOn February 28, 2014, in a Billboard interview, Kendrick announced that he was working on a new album that he planned to release in September of that year. On September 23, 2014, Lamar released "i", the first single from his third studio album. Lamar performed his new single on Saturday Night Live in November. It was not the Californian's first appearance on the show, as he had already performed the remix of "Radioactive" in February 2014 and "Swimming Pools (Drank)" along with "Poetic Justice" in January 2On March 23, 2017, Lamar released a promotional single "The Heart Part 4." A week later, Lamar released the lead single from his new studio album, titled "HUMBLE.", Accompanied by his music video. On April 7, 2017, their fourth studio album became available to order and it was confirmed to be released on April 14, 2017. On April 11, Lamar announced the album title, Damn (stylized as DAMN.), As well. like the track list, which confirmed the collaborations by Rihanna, Zacari and U2. The album was released on New
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