肯德里克·拉马尔（Kendrick Lamar），全名肯德里克·拉马尔·达克沃斯，1987年6月17日出生于美国加利福尼亚州康普顿市，美国说唱歌手兼词曲创作者。

2011年，发行首张录音室专辑《Section.80》。2012年10月22日，发行第二张录音室专辑《good kid, m.A.A.d city》。2013年，获得第56届格莱美奖包括“最佳新人”和“年度专辑”在内等七项提名。2015年2月，凭借歌曲《i》夺得第57届格莱美奖“最佳说唱表演”和“最佳说唱歌曲”奖项。2015年3月16日，发行第三张录音室专辑《To Pimp a Butterfly》，专辑在公告牌二百专辑榜位列首位。2016年2月，获第58届格莱美奖“最佳说唱表演”、“最佳说唱合作”、“最佳说唱歌曲”、“最佳说唱专辑”及“最佳音乐录影带”五项大奖。

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth（1987年6月17日出生）是美国说唱歌手，词曲作者和唱片制作人。Lamar在加利福尼亚州康普顿长大，在青少年时期以 K-Dot的名义开始了他的音乐生涯，发布了一个混音带，引起了当地人的注意，并导致他与独立唱片公司Top Dawg Entertainment（TDE）签约。在他的第一个零售版本Overly Dedicated之后，他在2010年开始获得认可。第二年，他独立发行了他的第一张录音室专辑Section.80，其中包括他的首张专辑“ HiiiPoWeR”到那时，他已经积累了大量的在线追随者，并与几位着名的嘻哈艺术家合作，包括The Game，Busta Rhymes和Snoop Dogg。

Lamar的主要唱片首张专辑，好孩子，mAAd城市，于2012年由TDE，Aftermath和Interscope Records发行，获得好评。它在美国Billboard 200上排名第二，后来被RIAA 认证为铂金。该纪录包含前40名单曲“ 游泳池（喝酒） ”，“ 婊子，不要杀我的氛围 ”和“ 诗意正义 ”。它被提名为年度最佳专辑和最佳说唱专辑在第56届格莱美颁奖典礼。他广受好评的第三张专辑To Pimp a Butterfly（2015）收录了放克，灵魂，爵士和口语等元素。它首次亮相在美国和英国排行榜的顶部，并获得了最佳说唱专辑格莱美奖在第58届仪式，它被提名为年度最佳专辑。2016年，Lamar发布了Untitled Unmastered，这是一系列未发布的演示，源自Butterfly的录制会议。他于2017 年发行了他的第四张专辑Damn，以获得进一步的好评。它的主导单曲“ 谦卑“超过美国Billboard Hot 100榜单。

Lamar 在其职业生涯中获得了许多荣誉，包括12项格莱美奖。2013年初，MTV在他们的年度名单上将他评为“游戏中最热门的MC”。时间将他评为2016年世界上最具影响力的100人之一。除了他的个人生涯，Lamar还被称为西海岸嘻哈 超级组合 Black Hippy的成员，以及他的TDE标签 -队友和同胞南洛杉矶为基础的说唱歌手阿布·索，周杰伦摇滚，和斯库尔博伊·Q 。在2018年，该死的成为第一张获得普利策音乐奖的非古典和非爵士乐专辑。

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987) is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Raised in Compton, California, Lamar embarked on his musical career as a teenager under the stage name K-Dot, releasing a mixtape that garnered local attention and led to his signing with indie record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE). He began to gain recognition in 2010, after his first retail release, Overly Dedicated. The following year, he independently released his first studio album, Section.80, which included his debut single, "HiiiPoWeR". By that time, he had amassed a large online following and collaborated with several prominent hip hop artists, including The Game, Busta Rhymes, and Snoop Dogg.

Lamar's major label debut album, good kid, m.A.A.d city, was released in 2012 by TDE, Aftermath, and Interscope Records to critical acclaim. It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 and was later certified platinum by the RIAA. The record contained the top 40 singles "Swimming Pools (Drank)", "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe", and "Poetic Justice". It was nominated for Album of the Year and Best Rap Album at the 56th Grammy Awards. His critically acclaimed third album To Pimp a Butterfly (2015) incorporated elements of funk, soul, jazz, and spoken word. It debuted atop the charts in the US and the UK, and won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 58th ceremony, where it was nominated for Album of the Year. In 2016, Lamar released Untitled Unmastered, a collection of unreleased demos that originated during the recording sessions for Butterfly. He released his fourth album Damn in 2017 to further acclaim; its lead single "Humble" topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Lamar has received a number of accolades over the course of his career, including twelve Grammy Awards. In early 2013, MTV named him the "Hottest MC in the Game", on their annual list.Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016.Aside from his solo career, Lamar is also known as a member of the West Coast hip hop supergroup Black Hippy, alongside his TDE label-mates and fellow South Los Angeles–based rappers Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, and Schoolboy Q. In 2018, Damn became the first non-classical and non-jazz album to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music.