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    Compton's Kendrick Lamar makes history with Pulitzer Prize win

    by Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times Apr 17, 2018 5 minutes

    Their names are inked in history books and on the walls of hallowed concert halls as winners of American music's most esteemed award, the Pulitzer Prize for music: Aaron Copland, George Crumb, John Luther Adams, Ornette Coleman, Caroline Shaw and dozens more.

    Add to that list the man nicknamed Kung Fu Kenny.

    In news that caught many off guard, celebrated Compton, Calif.-born rapper Kendrick Lamar was awarded the Pulitzer on Monday for his work on his 2017 album "Damn." With the announcement, the committee praised Lamar's album 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."

    Translation: It's an amazing album that documents South L.A. black life with wildly accomplished beats and verses.

    "He's an artist who challenges notions,"

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