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    Kendrick Lamar's 'DAMN.' Wins Historic Pulitzer Prize In Music

    The Compton rapper becomes the latest representative for a rising tide around institutional recognition of hip-hop.
    by Andrew Flanagan Apr 16, 2018 2 minutes
    Kendrick Lamar in 2015. The rapper was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music.

    Since (at least) the release of in 2012, the singularity of Kendrick Lamar has been plainly evident. But with the Pulitzer Prize in Music for 2018 being given to the Compton rapper for his 2017 album , his exceptionalism is now officially historic: It's the first time

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