Born in June 17, 1987 Kendrick Lamar Duckworth is an American singer and songwriter that was raised in Compton, California and embarked his musical career as a teenager with the name K-Dot and released a mixtape that generated local attention and led to his singing with the indie record label Top Dawg Entertainment.
He is the son of a couple from Chicago, Illinois. His father was a member of a street gang called Gangster Disciples. His first name was given to him by his mother in honor of American singer-songwriter Eddie Kendricks of The Temptations. As a child, Lamar attended McNair Elementary and vanguard learning center in the Compton Unified School District. As a teenager, Lamar went on to attend Centennial High School in Compton, where he was a straight-A student.
In 2004 Lamar released his first full-length project, a mixtape titled Youngest Head Nigga in Charg. The mixtape was released under Konkrete Jungle Muzik and garnered local recognition for Lamar. In 2008, Lamar was prominently featured throughout the music video for Jay Rock's commercial debut single, "All My Life", which features American hip hop superstar Lil Wayne and was backed by Warner Bros. Records. Lamar garnered further recognition after a video of a live performance of a Charles Hamilton show surfaced, in which Hamilton battled fellow rappers who were in the audience.
On February 15, 2012, a song by Lamar titled "Cartoon and Cereal", featuring fellow American rapper Gunplay, was leaked online. Lamar later revealed that the track was for his major-label debut studio album and that he had plans to shoot a video for it. Although the song would later be ranked#2 in Complex's Best 50 Songs of 2012 list, it would ultimately fail to appear on Lamar's debut.
Lamar won five Grammys at the 58th Ceremony, including Best Rap Album for To Pimp a Butterfly. Other nominations included Album of the Year and Song of the Year. At the ceremony, Lamar performed a medley of "The Blacker the Berry" and "Alright". It was ranked by Rolling Stone and Billboard as the best moment of the night, with the latter writing "It was easily one of the best live TV performances in history.
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