Kendrick Lamar Wins Pulitzer Prize for 'DAMN.'
by Mary Kate Carr
April 16, 2018


Kendrick Lamar’s critically acclaimed album 'DAMN.' has been awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Music, it was announced on Monday.

Lamar is the first non-classical or jazz musician to win the esteemed award. The Pulitzer Prizes called the album “a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism that offers affecting vignettes capturing the complexity of modern African-American life.”

Previous years’ winners include 'Angel’s Bone' by Du Yun and 'In for a Penny, In for a Pound', by Henry Threadgill.




'DAMN.' was nominated for multiple Grammy Awards in 2018, including Album of the Year, and won five:

Best Rap Album
Best Rap Song (HUMBLE.)
Best Rap Performance (HUMBLE.)
Best Music Video (HUMBLE.)
Best Rap/Sung Performance (LOYALTY. ft. Rihanna)

http://ew.com/music/2018/04/16/kendrick-lamar-pulitzer-prize/