Stereogum — Veteran Compton rapper the Game recently announced his upcoming sixth album The Documentary 2, a sequel to his 2005 debut The Documentary, and it’s absolutely massive. The first half of the 38-song double album is out 10/9, and it boasts a stacked ... more info

Stereogum — Kendrick Lamar will perform with Washington, DC’s National Symphony Orchestra next month (10/20) at the Kennedy Center, according to The Washington Post. The show will rework songs from Lamar’s recent album To Pimp A Butterfly, which seems like a... more info

Stereogum — Life Is Beautiful took over Downtown Las Vegas this past weekend, with headlining sets from Stevie Wonder, Kendrick Lamar, and Imagine Dragons. Snoop Dogg, Duran Duran, Weezer, Major Lazer, and a slew of other artists performed as well. Photographer ... more info

Stereogum — The Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Festival is bringing superstars, cult favorites, and rising talent to downtown Las Vegas this weekend. Among the lineup’s highlights: Stevie Wonder, Kendrick Lamar, Run The Jewels, Future Islands, Duran Duran, Snoo... more info

Stereogum — Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly featured a cameo from George Clinton, along with deep references to funk music as a whole. Lamar’s interest in funk and jazz seems to have renewed mainstream interest in those forms; Kamasi Washington’s jazz... more info

Stereogum — The Life Is Beautiful Festival descends upon downtown Las Vegas this weekend, and along with it the likes of Stevie Wonder, Kendrick Lamar, Death Cab For Cutie, Run The Jewels, and — oh, yeah — Stereogum. We and our SpinMedia Group affiliates Spi... more info

Stereogum — It’s ridiculous to talk about Black Hippy, the California rap supergroup, as if they were the Who, but let’s do it anyway. If Black Hippy are the Who, then Kendrick Lamar is the Pete Townshend, the showy creative genius who’s always testing him... more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — Kendrick Lamar has, in ways more subtle and quite explicit, spent his career in conversation with Tupac Shakur. more info

Stereogum — Have you watched Kendrick Lamar on Colbert? Because holy fuck. If you haven’t watched it, watch it. If you have watched it, watch it again. It’s really something. That’s the best piece of music-related video I’ve seen all week, easily. But re... more info