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Los Angeles Lakers legend would have been 42 on August 23rd
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Defunct indie band says “Pray for Me” features an unauthorized, manipulated sample of their song “Sunrise”
Kendrick battled, Gangs rocked and Taylor beat the haters.
Childish Gambino, SZA, Khalid also score five nominations apiece.
"If I can make one person – or 10 million people – feel a certain type of euphoria in my music, that's the whole point."
Including Kendrick Lamar, Lorde, Ed Sheeran, Drake, Harry Styles, Roger Waters and more.
Collaborators, including DJ Dahi and Anna Wise, discuss how their ideas helped shape Lamar's constantly evolving fourth studio album.
MC remains complex, relentless on latest strange, multifaceted album, in which he goes deeper into his own mind.
Notes on the producers, songwriters, guests and key themes on the latest from the virtuosic, celebrated MC.
Featuring Kendrick Lamar, D'Angelo, Kamasi Washington, The Word, Cold War Kids, Emma Donovan, Hiatus Kaiyote and more.