Confessional flows, immaculate beat selection and a tangle of internal contradictions. Signs of what was to come are littered throughout ‘Section.80’ – a debut project that laid out Kendrick Lamar’s philosophy early on
The rapper performed at the Louis Vuitton Men’s Spring/Summer 2023 showcase, which was live-streamed yesterday (23 June)
Tyler the Creator praised Kendrick Lamar’s latest album when talking about honesty and emotional vulnerability
The ‘Solar Power’ star has expressed her love for the rapper’s new album, ‘Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers’
Rap’s philosopher king returns with a revelatory album of knotty provocations and personal breakthroughs
Adam Diehl, Anthony B. Pinn and Dr. Christopher Driscoll – all of whom have taught courses on Kendrick Lamar – weigh in on some of the topics within the Compton rapper’s fifth studio album
K-Dot is set to tour across the US, Europe, the UK, Australia and New Zealand
K-Dot name drops both Kanye and Drake on the track Father Time, which appears on the new album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
The rapper’s new double-album ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’ is out now
The album is out on 13 May
Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers may include two discs
It’s out in May 2022
Kendrick Lamar is set to make his Glastonbury Festival debut this summer.
The TDE rapper will play tracks from the new album at Milano Summer Festival
Production for the untitled film will begin in spring 2022
The rapper says he feels “joy to have been a part of such a cultural imprint after 17 years”
Kendrick Lamar’s new company pgLang has taken over the front page of today’s LA Times….
The new names join the likes of Pet Shop Boys, Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny
Pop Smoke, Polo G, Shoreline Mafia and Maxo Kream have also been announced for the Dutch festival
Kendrick Lamar will perform at BTS Hyde Park on Sunday 5 July. He will be joined by James Blake and Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard, closing the first weekend of the festival
The tracklist for The Lion King: The Gift also features 070 Shake, Burna Boy and more
A mysterious post has appeared on his Tumblr page
Spotify’s much contested hateful conduct policy is under review
Well, that was weird.
“I really appreciate this moment. I always had love for y’all. Truly, love.”
The Compton rapper delivered a masterclass in arena rap during the Birmingham show of his UK tour
25 acts have been announced for the Dutch three-dayer
The opening show featured U2 and David Chappelle
The Norwegian event will take over Oslo’s Tøyenparken on 7-11 August
The festival will take place at Budapest’s largest Danubian island from 8-15 August
The first wave of names has been announced for Flow Festival in Helsinki. Kendrick Lamar…
Winners will be announced at London’s O2 Arena on 21 February
TDE label-mates Kendrick Lamar and SZA have just dropped All The Stars – a collaboration…
Chris Kelly rounds up 20 standout guest spots from the last 12 months, featuring Giggs, Gucci Mane, Nicki Minaj, Young Thug and Asian Doll
Rihanna, M.I.A., Gucci Mane and Future also have guest spots on No_One Ever Really Dies
Following the news that Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. tour would finally be reaching Europe at the…
Kendrick Lamar’s label, TDE have shared details of a European tour. The DAMN. tour is…
Kendrick Lamar opened the show at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards last night (28…
Directed by Jonas Lindstroem and the Little Homies, ‘ELEMENT’ pays homage to a number of powerful images by the filmmaker and photographer
The bloody visual depicts scenes of violence
The two artists paid homage to the late Mobb Deep co-founder on Peter Rosenberg’s ‘Real Late’ show
Yeah Right also features vocals from model and actress Hari Nef, producer Flume and Kučka
Future teams up with the iconic rapper for the rework of his latest single
Film curator and cinema academic Tom Vick pinpoints Kendrick’s place in the interwoven tapestries of hip-hop and kung fu
‘DAMN.’ not only sees K.Dot dissect his views on politics, personal relationships and God, but the Compton rapper looks inwards and fleshes out his human flaws
Bex Shorunke meets the London-based visual artist reimagining hip-hop albums and artists as Bollywood movie posters
A limited edition autographed vinyl is available to pre-order now, but you’ll have to be quick
Three other “rappers-everybody-knows rappers” had checked out the ‘Duckworth’ beats before Lamar. None of them used it
Still reeling from Kendrick’s triumphant headline set at Coachella? So’s everyone. While continuing to steadily…
God? Damn. Here’s our initial takeaways from one of the most anticipated records of the year
The wait is over
We just didn’t know it
The rapper has revealed the artwork and tracklist, which includes guest appearances from Rihanna and U2
While we thought – and hoped – that the album might drop today (7 April),…
He wasn’t joking! Kendrick Lamar just dropped another tune – and an accompanying visual. Yet…
Kendrick gave us the first taste of what he’s been working on since To Pimp…
Following a cryptic Instagram post yesterday, Kendrick delivered. He dropped a new track, The Heart…
Kendrick Lamar’s only Instagram post is now an image on the number four in roman…
Producer Mike Will Made-It will be dropping ‘Ransom 2’ next week, featuring new tracks and collaborations from a killer set of artists
Hidden in the intoxicated surrealism and dark sense of humour is something far more sobering, says Josie Roberts
The album lands on 24 February 2017 via Brainfeeder
The 100 best albums of the last 12 months, according to Crack Magazine
Ahead of Starboy dropping on Friday (25 November), The Weeknd has unveiled a “visual piece” to accompany…
What to consume from the comfort of your duvet-clad paradise
Kendrick Lamar’s latest guest verse is on pop band Maroon 5’s Don’t Wanna Know, their…
The rapper has released his highly-anticipated new album a week ahead of schedule Danny Brown…
The latest track to drop from Danny Brown’s Atrocity Exhibition features guest spots from Kendrick…
Isaiah Rashad’s latest album The Sun’s Tirade, is streaming now and features guest spots from…
The pair took part in the Los Angeles Rams’ training camp at the University of…
Kendrick Lamar and Janelle Monáe were invited to perform at president Barack Obama’s 4 July…
After interest from Nas and a collaboration with DOOM, the prodigious teenage rapper was tipped for stardom. Here we track the lows and highs of his career
How rap’s hive mind has turned against a certain Republican figure
The esteemed saxophonist has become a central force in the LA jazz community. He tells Tom Watson about his three hour jazz epic and his musical symbiosis with the Black Lives Matter movement
‘Hopelessness’ is beautiful and disturbing in equal measures
Kendrick megafans can wave goodbye to their weekend A Reddit user has attempted to gather…
At the beginning of the month, Crack received an invitation to 2022NQ in Manchester’s Northern…
‘King Kendrick’ has managed to ‘break the internet’ by releasing a collection of ‘untitled’ off-cuts from To Pimp a Butterfly
Welcome to Crack’s monthly rap column, featuring Young Thug, Boosie Badazz, and more
The Compton rap god has shared eight tracks spanning 2013 to this year Kendrick Lamar has…
The Compton rapper performed The Blacker the Berry, Alright, and a brand new song In a fifteen…
A new video sees Kendrick Lamar and Compton locals performing Alright Compton’s own Kendrick Lamar…
He’ll be taking to the stage alongside Adele and The Weeknd Compton rap star and…
No More Parties in LA is now available to stream After Kanye’s wife and TV…
Next month the city of Compton will award Kendrick Lamar the key to the city…
Kendrick Lamar played the previously unheard Untitled II on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon…
Kendrick’s To Pimp A Butterfly was Crack’s favourite album of 2015 Kendrick Lamar is in…
Kendrick has given Easy Bake a makeover and a new verse When TDE label mates Kendrick…
Rolling Stone have interviewed the team behind the forthcoming album David Bowie’s forthcoming album, ★, or…
There’s the thrilling suspicion that Dr. Dre made Compton primarily because he wanted to.
And Ice Cube says “it’s definitely a dope record” Ice Cube appeared on an American radio…
Protesters chanted the chorus of Kendrick Lamar’s Alright at a Black Lives Matter conference in…
An interview with Odd Future’s prodigious and prodigal Earl Sweatshirt
In a new video, a member of the bloods and a member of the crips…
“We all on the same team, blues and Pirus, no colours ain’t a thing” Kendrick…
The video for Kendrick Lamar’s Alright is hypnotic and powerful. Taken from Kendrick’s recent album,…
Spoiler alert: she was amazing Kendrick Lamar pulled an audience member out of the crowd…
A group of hugely respected rap producers gathered for Red Bull Music Academy
The pair’s epic, star-studded clip premiered this morning. Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar’s collaboration Bad…
And it’s probably the best named salad ever. Forget Caesar, throw away that old Nicoise,…
The West Coast producer sat down with Lamar last night to talk about the rapper’s new…
In the build up towards To Pimp A Butterfly, critics around the world took a deep…
The Black Hippy affiliate comes of age
