kendrick lamar

While rapping under the name of K-Dot

his mixtapes brought him to the attention of rapper

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record producer and entrepreneur Dr Dre

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After releasing his debut album good kid, m.A.A.d City in 2012

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to great acclaim, Lamar's career took off and

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was followed successfully with To Pimp

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a Butterfly in 2015 and DAMN. in 2017.

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