Kendrick Lamar Duckworth is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer.

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Since his mainstream debut in 2012 with Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, Lamar has been regarded as one of the most influential rappers of his generation.

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Aside from his solo career, he is also known as a member of the hip hop supergroup Black Hippy alongside his Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) label-mates Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, and Schoolboy Q.Kendrick has received many accolades over the course of his career, including 13 Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, five Billboard Music Awards, a Brit Award, 11 MTV Video Music Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, and an Academy Award nomination. In 2012, MTV named him the Hottest MC in the Game on their annual list.

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Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016. In 2015, he received the California State Senate's Generational Icon Award.

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Three of his studio albums have been listed in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Born: 17 June 1987