Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth ( Compton , June 17 1987 ) is an American rapper and songwriter from Compton , California . He first gained attention after the release of his 2010 mixtape Overly Dedicated. Lamar signed in 2012 a contract with Aftermath Entertainment . In 2011, his album Section.80, released exclusively on iTunes, immediately to the top of the digital hip-hop releases of the year 2011. He is a member of the hip-hop collective Black Hippy, along with Jay Rock, Schoolboy Q and Ab-Soul, He has also worked with, among others, Snoop Dogg , Dr. Dre , Eminem ,Wiz Khalifa , Mac Miller , Game , Drake , Busta Rhymes , Tech N9ne , Taylor Swift .



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*1 Biography  ==[Biography  edit ] == ===1987-2009: Early Years [  edit ] === Kendrick Lamar was born in Compton, California, a suburb southeast of Los Angeles . His parents came from Chicago , Illinois . On his eighth Kendrick had witnessed the shooting of Tupac Shakur and Dr. Dre music video for their hit single " California Love ". In 2003, Kendrick released his first mixtape, Youngest Head Nigga In Charge under the name K. Dot. The mixtape caused enough attention to get a recording contract with Top Dawg Entertainment, a record company in Los Angeles. He spent two years on a mixtape that was called Training Day. After receiving a co-sign from Lil Wayne brought a third mixtape in 2009 under the name C4, themed around Tha Carter III LP. Shortly thereafter, he decided his stage name, K. Dot to give up and move on with his birth name. ===2010-2011: Overly Dedicated and Section. 80 [  edit ] === In 2010 he toured with Tech N9ne and Jay Rock on The Indepent Grind Tour. On 23 September 2010, the mixtape O (verly) D (edicated) out, with the song Ignorance is Bliss. In response, wild hip hop producer Dr. Dre working with him.
 * 1.1 1987-2009: Early Years
 * 1.2 2010-2011: Overly Dedicated and Section. 80
 * 1.3 2012-present: Good Kid in a Maad City
 * 2 Discography
 * 2.1 Albums
 * 2.2 Singles

On July 2, 2011, his third solo project Section.80 released. In the second half of 2011 appeared Kendrick Lamar on Game's The RED Album, Tech N9ne 's All 6's and 7's, 9th Wonder 's The Wonder Years and Drake's Take Care. ===2012-present: Good Kid in a Maad City <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">On 15 February 2012 a song was leaked Cartoons & Cereal with a feature of Gunplay. Kendrick said later that it is a track from his upcoming album and that he has a video plant.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">In March 2012, MTV announced that Top Dawg Entertainment and Interscope Records and Aftermath Entertainment have signed a contract that will end his independent career.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Kendrick released his first single, The Recipe with Dr. Dre . The album was released on October 22, 2012. ==<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Discography  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Albums  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Single  Edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===