Trivia

Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Eminem, Jay-Z, and Nas. are his 5 favorite artists.

His third album "To Pimp A Butterfly" is the highest rated rap album in Metacritic and the 4th highest ranked album of all time with a score of 96/100.

Was on the set of Dr. Dre and Tupac's "California Love" music video at age 9.

Won the Pulitzer Prize in music for his 2017 album "Damn" making the rapper the first non-classical or jazz artist to win the award. (April 16, 2018)

Rapper with record for most Grammy nominations in one night (11) and second only to Michael Jackson for most Grammy nominations for any artist in one night.

His song "Fear" tells the story of his life at ages 7, 17, and 27, and clocks in at 7 minutes long.

Earns $250,000 per song feature, but is known to be one of the most frugal celebrities in Hollywood.

His mother gave him the name "Kendrick" in honor of singer Eddie Kendricks.

At only 28 years old, Billboard had ranked him as one of the 10 best rappers ever.

Banned social media use and other people who aren't in his circle to be in the studio with him because while recording his first album people kept interrupting.

Bought his younger sister Kayla a Toyota for her graduation present but oddly, people criticized him for it not being luxurious enough for someone of his financial status.

To Pimp a Butterfly is considered the best album of 2015. It appears at #1 by 51 publications and is in the top 10 of 50 other publications' year end lists.

To Pimp a Butterfly is a play on To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

Has one daughter Uzi (b. July 26, 2019).

Leonardo DiCaprio said he thinks Kendrick is "great".

Friends with Lil' Kim.

Son of Kenneth Duckworth and Paula Oliver.

Cousin of Nick Young and Baby Keem.

Kendrick Lamar & SZA was nominated for a 2019 Academy Award in the Best Original Song category for their work on "All The Stars" from Black Panther (2018) but lost to Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt & Benjamin Rice for "Shallow" from A Star is Born (2018).

He and Cee-Won X were both on The Hip-Hop Shop (2011) during the show's brief run.

Has two younger brothers.