The Rapper that won Pulitzer prize for music.

In January this year, Kendrick Lamar’s album, DAMN won 5 Grammy awards.

Lamar’s Pulitzer win marked significant departure as previous honorees have been drawn from the worlds of classical music and jazz.

The Pulitzer board on Monday hailed “DAMN.”, which was released in April 2017, as “a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism that offers affecting vignettes capturing the complexity of modern African-American life.” “DAMN.,” Lamar’s third album, topped the Billboard 200 album charts for three weeks on its release last year.