Kendrick Lamar's critically acclaimed album 'GNX' and its viral single 'Not Like Us' have earned numerous accolades, including being named Billboard's Greatest Pop Star of the Year and the song of 2024. Lamar achieved several milestones, becoming the first artist to score three consecutive number-ones on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart. He is also nominated for seven Grammy Awards, with 'Not Like Us' contending for Best Rap Song, Best Music Video, Best Rap Performance, and Record of the Year.
His critically acclaimed sixth studio album “ GNX ”, which he dropped in late November and includes viral tracks such as “The 37-year-old American hip hop artist’s diss track “ Not Like Us ” amid his feud with fellow rapperhas been named by several music critics as the song of 2024 with some even going as far as pronouncing the single as arguably the biggest rap song of the decade so far.
Even rap veterans such as Eminem, who will be facing off with Lamar in the Best Rap Performance category, believe that K. Dot is going to “sweep” all seven of his nominations when the biggest night in music is held in Los Angeles, on February 2. In a statement which was released when Lamar was announced as the act for the major American spectacle, the rapper insisted that he intends to"remind the world why" rap music is so"impactful" when he performs at the sporting spectacle at The Caesars Super dome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 9.
But as Lamar proved during his highly publicised rap beef with Drake, he is not one to shy away from controversy. He uses it as added fuel in his music, even labelling the Canadian rapper as a “freaky-ass n****,” a “paedophile,” and a hip hop interloper in “Not Like Us”, which is being blasted by the masses around the globe, over eight months since its release.
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