Raised in Compton, California, Lamar is a masterful storyteller who blends hip-hop with traditional African American music ...

Released in the late 1980s, “Word to the Mother (Land)” arrived at a pivotal moment in hip-hop. The genre was evolving beyond ...

More than two decades ago, Regis Inge showed a shy Kendrick Lamar the power of a thesaurus. Just two weeks ago, he watched the Grammy winner perform “a salute to Black history” at the Super Bowl ...

Kendrick Lamar sent America a message about what we know. A teacher gave him the skills to disseminate this to one of the ...