JAY-Z encouraged Punch to move forward with To Pimp a Butterfly despite concerns about fan reaction. The conversation gave TDE leadership confidence to support Kendrick Lamar’s creative direction. The ...

Kendrick Lamar’s GNX wins Best Rap Album at the 2026 Grammy Awards. The Compton, Calif. MC was in attendance at the ceremony to deliver his acceptance speech. On Sunday night (Feb. 1), K-Dot was ...

In an interview with Elsie not Elise, Top Dawg Entertainment’s president, Terrence "Punch" Henderson, said that Jay-Z was happy when he was told that To Pimp a Butterfly could “piss off” Kendrick ...

The first week projections of Kendrick Lamar's latest album estimates that '' will move between 300, 000 - 325, 000 copies during the first week of release. If streaming figures are added the range ...

Kendrick Lamar has won Best Rap Album for GNX at the 2026 Grammys. The rapper scored the trophy ahead of competitors Clipse (Let God Sort Em Out), GloRilla (Glorious), JID (God Does Like Ugly), and ...

The Compton rapper came into the biggest night in music with an astounding nine nominations, and he has already won three awards. Before the Grammys officially aired, Lamar won Best Melodic Rap ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “While we were working on To Pimp a Butterfly, me and SZA would go to Beyoncé’s sessions, and she was writing for her. Jay-Z was ...