Lamar has received wide acclaim and a number of accolades over the course of his career, including seven Grammy Awards. In 2016, Lamar released untitled unmastered., a collection of unreleased demos that originated during the recording sessions for Butterfly. The album drew on free jazz, funk, soul, and spoken word, and debuted atop the charts in the U.S. Preceded by the Grammy Award-winning single "i", Lamar released his third studio album To Pimp a Butterfly, in 2015 to universal acclaim. Billboard 200 chart and was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The record contained the Top 40 singles "Swimming Pools (Drank)", "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe", and "Poetic Justice". His major-label debut, good kid, m.A.A.d city, was released in October 2012 to critical success. Lamar secured a major-label record deal with Aftermath and Interscope Records, in 2012. By that time, he had collaborated with several prominent artists in the hip hop industry, including The Game, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne. The following year, he released the independent album Section.80, which included Lamar's debut single, "HiiiPoWeR". Lamar began to gain major recognition in 2010, after his first retail release, Overly Dedicated.
Lamar embarked on his musical career as a teenager under the moniker K-Dot, releasing a mixtape that garnered local attention and led to his signing with Carson-based indie record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE). Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987), known as Kendrick Lamar, is an American rapper from Compton, California.
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