World News - Kendrick Lamar becomes first rapper to win Pulitzer music prize
Rapper Kendrick Lamar has won the Pulitzer Prize for music on Monday for his album DAMN.Lamar, 30, is the first rapper to win the prestigious award. The Pulitzer follows the five Grammy awards won by Lamar in January for the album.Rap is now officially the biggest music genre in the United States after surpassing rock in 2017.Lamar's fusion of jazz, poetry and blues with social themes and love songs has made him one of the most innovative rappers of his generation.The Pulitzers, the most prestigious honors in American journalism and the arts, have been awarded since 1917.Lamar's Pulitzer win marked a significant departure as previous honorees have been drawn from the worlds of classical music and jazz.The Pulitzer board on Monday hailed DAMN, which was released in April 2017, as 'a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism that offers affecting vignettes capturing the complexity of modern African-American life.'DAMN Lamar's third album, topped the Billboard 200 album charts for three weeks on its release last year.Lamar is from the Los Angeles suburb of Compton, the home of hip-hop pioneers NWA.
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