At the 2025 GRAMMYs, American rapper Kendrick Lamar dominated the night, taking home the most awards—including Record of the Year for his wildly successful Drake diss track, Not Like Us.

Lamar has been a powerhouse in the music industry since 2005, continuing to release music under his alias K.Dot. With a career defined by razor-sharp socially conscious lyricism always behind addictive rap beats , his influence on rap is unparalleled.

Read on to discover 10 must-know Kendrick Lamar facts & stats, from his GRAMMY wins to making Pulitzer Prize history.

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10 Kendrick Lamar facts & stats

1. Grammy Awards and Nominations 

Kendrick Lamar has secured an impressive 22 Grammy Awards, making him the third most celebrated rap artist in Grammy history—behind Jay-Z (25 wins) and Kanye West (24 wins). At the 2025 Grammy Awards, Lamar dominated the night with five wins, the most of any artist, while Beyoncé. followed with four. Since the release of his debut album, he has amassed an outstanding 57 Grammy nominations, solidifying his status as one of the most influential artists of his generation.

2. Pulitzier prize win

In 2018, Kendrick Lamar became the first rapper to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his DAMN. album. He is the first music artist outside of classical and jazz genres to win the prestigious awards. 

3. Breaking Spotify streaming records

Lamar’s Not Like Us is the first diss track to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify. The song is about Drake.

4. Chart Performance

Kendrick has an impressive record with his releases in the charts, some achievements include:

  • 5 number-one albums on the US Billboard 200
  • 11 UK Top 10 singles 
  • 26 UK Top 40 singles 
  • 143 weeks in the UK Top 40

5. Record breaking tour revenue

Lamar’s ‘The Big Steppers Tour’ (2022) sold a total of 929,000 albums across 73 shows which brought in $110.9 million. It is the third highest grossing rap tour behind Travis Scott’s ‘The Circus Maximus’ tour ($154 million) and Drake’s ‘It’s All A Blur’ tour ($320 million). 

6. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers success

Kendrick Lamar's fifth album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, smashed commercial and streaming expectations. Topping the charts in multiple countries, as well as becoming the first first hip-hop album to hit over one billion streams on Spotify. 

7. Kendrick and Drake feud

Drake and Kendrick Lamar have been feuding since 2013, but more notably since March 22nd, 2024, when Lamar released Not Like Us. In the track, he accuses Drake and his inner circle, including security guard Baka Not Nice, of sexual predation. The lyrics include: 'Baka got a weird case, why is he around?' and 'Say Drake, I hear you like 'em young / You better not ever go to cell block one.'


Drake responded with The Heart Part 6, mirroring Lamar’s The Heart Part 5. He denies the allegations, claiming his team fed Lamar false information.

8. Notable streaming records

  • ‘HUMBLE’ HAS OVER 2.2 Albums sales
  • ‘All The Stars’ has over a billion streams on Spotify 
  • Section.80 reached 1.4 million album equivalent units by 2019. 

9. K-dot

Lamar began his musical career under the handle K-Dot. In 2005 he signed with Top Dawg Entertainment and co-founded the hip hop group Black Hippy.

10. Philanthropic efforts

Kendrick Lamar is known to actively support his local community, including donating to Compton Unified School District. With his company pgLANG and Tim Hinshaw’s Free Lunch and other artists recently donated $200,000 to charities and community organisations in the Los Angeles in September 2024.

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