Why Kendrick Lamar is the greatest rapper of his generation
dropped from the hip-hop heavens on Friday — Kendrick Lamar wears a crown of thorns while holding his daughter.And no doubt, in the 10 years since his insta-classic breakthrough, 2012’s “good kid, m.A.A.d city,” the 34-year-old artist has emerged as the king of the rap world, winning 14 Grammys and even a freaking Pulitzer Prize. While contemporaries such as Drake have had more hits, Lamar has earned mad respect as the most important rapper of his generation. On his ambitious new double LP — evenly split into two parts with nine tracks each — Lamar reflects on both the power and the pressures of his position.