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Kendrick Lamar has won the Pulitzer Prize for music for "DAMN."

Posted on 4/17/18 at 2:46 pm
Posted by PrimeTime Money
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 2:46 pm
It's the first non-classical or jazz artist to win the award.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Kendrick Lamar won the Pulitzer Prize for music Monday, making history as the first non-classical or jazz artist to win the prestigious prize.

The revered rapper is also the most commercially successful musician to receive the award, usually reserved for critically acclaimed classical acts who don’t live on the pop charts.

The 30-year-old won the prize for “DAMN.,” his raw and powerful Grammy-winning album. The Pulitzer board said Monday the album is “a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism that offers affecting vignettes capturing the complexity of modern African-American life.” He will win $15,000.


https://apnews.com/ac835b25865f4199a1126176179ece9f



Posted by Displaced
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 2:46 pm to
We know
Posted by 225bred
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 2:47 pm to
Lol. “Music”
Posted by JBeam
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Posted by OysterPoBoy
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 2:47 pm to
Best thing he did was get rid of Khloe Kardashian. She was holding him back. Nothing but success since they split.
Posted by Walt OReilly
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 2:48 pm to
Very deserving. Happy for the young man. Great artist.
Posted by OweO
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 2:49 pm to
I like this album. Seriously.
Posted by Commandeaux
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I like this album. Seriously.


co sign
Posted by Modern
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 2:50 pm to
It is a good album.
Posted by Cotten
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 2:50 pm to
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The revered rapper

By who? Guarantee none of the previous winners even have a clue who he is.
Posted by rondo
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 2:51 pm to
I've never heard it.

Posted by BCMCubs
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 2:51 pm to
Lol
Posted by starsandstripes
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 2:51 pm to
Who dis?
Posted by upgrayedd
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 2:52 pm to
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The Pulitzer board said Monday the album is “a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism that offers affecting vignettes capturing the complexity of modern African-American life.” He will win $15,000.

i.e. We have to give it to a culcha'd black guy because our progressive ideology insists upon it.


Pulitzer gave a joint award to the Washington Post and NYT for covering a Russia investigation that has, to date, born no fruit whatsoever. At this point it's like reporting on the discovery of bigfoot.
Posted by Snipe
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 2:52 pm to
The Pulitzer Prize is meaningless in today's society.

It's the equivalent of going to collage for an Associates Degree.

Posted by CoachChappy
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 2:53 pm to
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The Pulitzer board said Monday the album is “a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism that offers affecting vignettes capturing the complexity of modern African-American life.”


I'd bet that neither he nor anyone who likes his music has a clue what that means.
Posted by upgrayedd
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It's the equivalent of going to collage for an Associates Degree.


Perfect
Posted by The Pirate King
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I like this album. Seriously.


Liking the album =\= thinking it deserves a Pulitzer
Posted by Tigeralum2008
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 2:54 pm to
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Who dis?



The guy who rapped outside the CFB National title game because Georgia still won't let black people perform in stadiums
This post was edited on 4/17/18 at 2:56 pm
Posted by TigerFanInSouthland
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 2:55 pm to
Talk about jumping the shark.
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