L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Lizzo, Hayley Williams and Kendrick Lamar made surprise appearances at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival this weekend. more info

Stereogum — Baby Keem returned to Coachella last night for weekend two, where he brought out Kendrick Lamar to help perform “Family Ties” and “Vent.” “Family Ties” featuring Kendrick recently won the Grammy for Best Rap Performance, plus Kendrick... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this month, Schoolboy Q came back with his triumphant new single “Soccer Dad.” Next month, Kendrick Lamar will release his long-awaited new album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers . And now, Kendrick and Schoolboy’s old teammate Ab-Soul... more info

Chorus.fm — Kendrick Lamar will release Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers on May 13th. more info

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L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Five years after releasing his hit album 'Damn.,' rapper Kendrick Lamar is gearing up to drop his next one, 'Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers,' in May. more info

Stereogum — Kendrick Lamar has finally announced his new album, more than five years after the release of DAMN. Or should I say oklama has announced a new album? When Kendrick teased his “final TDE album” last summer, he signed the note “oklama,” and ... more info

Sweeping The Nation — What sort of year was 2015? Well, its biggest selling track was 2014's Uptown Funk, which gives some indication of how stagnant the middle of the decade was. There was of course a major populist upheaval at the end as Adele's 25 became Britai... more info

Sweeping The Nation — "That rock'n'roll, eh?" Our documentation of how we see the years of this decade in retrospect continues into 2014, the year Alex Turner made a stand for... something at the Brits. We were somehow unsurprised to find Radio X were still callin... more info

Stereogum — "Bitch, where were you when I was walkin'?" It was a fair question from Kendrick Lamar Duckworth considering how many people had glommed on to him by the time To Pimp A Butterfly dropped, almost exactly at the midpoint of this decade. These 10 years ... more info