Born and raised in compton, california, lamar began releasing music under the stage name k.dot in high school. Kendrick also has his own label, known as 'top dawg entertainment', with includes artists such as jay rock, schoolboy q and ab soul. Kendrick lamar (born june 17, 1987, compton, california, u.s.) is an american rapper who achieved critical and commercial success with such albums as good kid, m.a.a.d city (2012) and to pimp a butterfly (2015) and singles such as “not like us” (2024).
Kendrick lamar caps a landmark 2025 on billboard ’s charts by finishing as the top hot 100 songwriter of the year for the first time Kendrick lamar ranked as the second most searched person globally on google in 2025, leading all rappers after his super bowl performance and world tour. He finishes 2025 thanks to the chart performance of 22.
