NME — "This is my word" Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar has spoken out on the time he recently interrupted a white fan on stage for rapping the N-word. Last month, the rapper was performing at Hangout Fest in Alabama when he invited the fan onto the st... more info

Time — The rapper won for his album, DAMN. more info

Chorus.fm — Lisa Robinson, writing for Variety: I tell him that Chuck D once told me that in the 1980s, “We was broke, but we wasn’t broken,” and Kendrick says, “I love that. I felt that for sure. Because the times we had to wait for food stamps every mo... more info

Stereogum — Since the Internet's last album, 2015's Ego Death, frontwoman Syd released her great solo debut Fin , Matt Martians released the solo LP The Drum Chord Theory , Steve Lacy dropped the Steve Lacy's Demo EP and worked with everyone from Kendrick La... more info

NME — The rapper has discussed being awarded the prestigious prize in a new interview Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar has said hip-hop should have been recognised by the Pulitzer Prize “a long time ago” in a new interview. The rapper received the Pu... more info

Stereogum — Kendrick Lamar has reached the point in his career where he only does a few interviews a year, and where every interview is an event. Case in point: Kendrick is on the cover of the new issue of Vanity Fair. The cover story, from writer Lisa Robinson,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Academy for Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the people who run the Academy Awards, has inducted nearly a thousand new members into its ranks, in an ongoing effort to include more diversity in its membership... Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts of Sciences announced 928 new members today, illustrating a push for greater diversity in the organization. Marking record highs for the Academy, 49 percent of the new inductees this year are female and 38 percent a... more info

NME — The two musicians feature on a lengthy list which also includes Timothée Chalamet, Tiffany Haddish and Daniel Kaluuya Sufjan Stevens / Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar and Sufjan Stevens have been recognised for their work in film by being among a... more info

Time — Here's the complete list of nominees and winners more info