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A Legend was Born
On June 17, 1987 Kendrick Lamar Duckworth was born in Compton ,California. -
Kendrick Sees Legends 2Pac and Dr Dre
When Kendrick was only 8 years old he witnessed the most legendary rapper 2pac and Dr dre flim the video for "California Love -
Kendrick Lamar starts his career
Around January of 2004 Kendrick Lamar released his first Project called "youngest head in charge". He was Only 16. -
kendrick lands a Record deal at 17
The mixtape in 2004 led to a deal with Top Dawg entertainment a very small record label in 2005. Then he released another mixtape in 2005. -
Kendrick Lamar starts to get Reconized
In 2010 Kendrick Lamar released 'Overly Dedicatied" Which put him on the map and more people started reconizing his talent. -
kendrick Lamar releases his first album
This album was much different from his other projects. It was very inspirational as he talked about ending bad things in his city, The Troubles of the Goverment and Racism. The biggest thing was His idol Dr Dre heard about him and Actually signed him to Aftermath Records which has Eminem on the record label too. -
Kendrick Lamar's Career takes off
Kendrick Lamar Released His Debut Album 'Good Kid, M.A.A.D City". This album blew up in a few weeks had over 200 000 album sales weeks after a slow start. This album is one of the best albums in Hip Hop History according to critics. It is now Platinum. -
Kendrick Takes over the industry.
On August 13th 2013 Kendrick Lamar had a verse on a Big Sean song called "Control." The Verse was very controversial because Kendrick Called out all the popular rappers and claimed to be one of the best rappers of all time and also said hes the king of New York. He also Mentioned He is the offspring of Rap Legend 2Pac. After this verse Kendrick's Twitter grew by 510%. -
Kendrick wins his first grammys
On February 8 2015 Kendrick Won 2 Grammys for his song "i". The Grammys were for best rap song and best rap performance. -
kendrick Lamar releases to pimp a butterfly
On March 15th Kendrick released his 3rd album To Pimp a Butterfly. The Album sold over 300 000 times in its first week and is one the most critically acclaimed albums of all time. The album was much different from his other albums as it was a Jazz-Rap album. The album was about Ending Gang Violence, ending racism and he talked about politics. It was the number one album in the world when it came out. Its my favorite album Ever. -
Kendrick wins big at the grammys
Kendrick won five Grammys at the 58th ceremony, including Best Rap Album for To Pimp a Butterfly At the ceremony, Lamar performed "The Blacker the Berry" and "Alright". This was a powerful performance as it was about ending Racism. -
Kendrick Releases "Untitled Unmastered"
Kendrick released Untitled Unmastered by the command of Lebron James. Lebron asked Kendrick to realesed the songs he performed that were'nt actually released. Kendrick released the Compilation album and announced all the songs were un offical Tracks that didnt make it onto To Pimp a butterfly -
Kendrick Lamar Releases "The Heart Part 4"
On March 24th Kendrick Released "The Heart Part 4." This Song was his first solo song in over a year. The Song was a lot like his Control verse back in 2013 as he claimed to be The greatest rapper alive. He also Called Out Rapper Big Sean for "Playing with his name." This was a Suprise because both were friends. On this song Kendrick Lamar also Called out Drake. -
Kendrick Lamar Releases Humble
This song was the number one song in the world for the second week it came out. It has over 170 Million views on youtube. It was the lead single for his 4th Album "DAMN." -
Kendrick Releases "DAMN."
When Kendrick's 4th album"DAMN.' Came out it was the best selling overall album of 217. It sold An Amazing 610 000 Albums first week and was the number one album for 3 weeks. This Album is another one of the most critically acclaimed albums of all time. The Album went platinum in just 2 and a half weeks. -
Kendrick Lamar Becomes The Greatest Artist of the 21st century.
After a Scan from The website Metacritic which takes Reviews from the biggest review Websites and Calculates an Average, Kendrick is the only artist since 2000 to have 3 albums over 90/100. The Average of his 3 best albums is a 94. This Means Kendrick Lamar is critically the best artist of the 2000s.
