Kendrick Lamar Duckworth was born on June 17,1987 and is an American rapper and songwriter.
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28 Facts About Kendrick Duckworth
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Kendrick Duckworth's lyricism is inspired by his personal life and often contain political and social commentary centered around African American life and culture.
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Kendrick Duckworth continued to gain recognition after his first retail release, Overly Dedicated, and his debut studio album, Section.
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Kendrick Duckworth's third studio album, To Pimp a Butterfly, became his first number-one album on the US Billboard 200 and was an enormous critical success.
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Kendrick Duckworth has received numerous accolades throughout his career, including 14 Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, two American Music Awards, six Billboard Music Awards, 11 MTV Video Music Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, a Brit Award, and an Academy Award nomination.
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Kendrick Lamar Duckworth was born in Compton, California on June 17,1987, the son of a couple from Chicago.
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Kendrick Duckworth has admitted to being quiet and shy in school, his mother confirming he was a "loner" until the age of seven.
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Kendrick Duckworth began recording material with the label and subsequently released a 26-track mixtape two years later, titled Training Day.
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Kendrick Duckworth subsequently released a self-titled extended play in late 2009.
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Kendrick Duckworth threw everything on there, and that's exactly what we wanted to do.
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Kendrick Duckworth later headlined the final night of the Glastonbury Festival.
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Kendrick Duckworth is certainly in the very short lists of artists in the conversation.
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Kendrick Duckworth's writing has been called "confessional" The New York Times has called Lamar's musical style anti-flamboyant, interior and complex and labelled him as a technical rapper.
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Kendrick Duckworth proceeded to insult rappers who have ghostwriters in an interview with Rolling Stone in August 2015.
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Kendrick Duckworth made his directorial debut with the music video for "Backseat Freestyle".
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Kendrick Duckworth began executive producing music videos in 2020 with Baby Keem's "Hooligan".
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Kendrick Duckworth's casting stemmed from his friendship with rapper 50 Cent, who stars in and executive produces the series.
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Kendrick Duckworth compared his acting preparation to his songwriting, saying that he prefers to "always have that open space to evolve".
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Kendrick Duckworth has been named by numerous media outlets as one of the most influential artists of the 2010s, with Billboard listing him as one of the greatest rappers of all time.
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Kendrick Duckworth's music was used during protests following the 2016 United States presidential election.
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Kendrick Duckworth appeared for the first time on the Time 100 list of most influential people in 2016.
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Kendrick Duckworth is a notable fan of the Los Angeles Lakers, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los Angeles Rams.
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Kendrick Duckworth has been outspoken about his faith in his music and interviews.
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Kendrick Duckworth has been baptized twice; first when he was 16 and again in 2013, which he announced during his opening set at Kanye West's The Yeezus Tour.
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