Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California rapper Kendrick Lamar on Monday became the first rapper to win the Pulitzer Prize for music, one of the most prestigious arts awards in the United States. more info

Sky News — Kendrick Lamar has won the Pulitzer Prize for music - the first ever non-classical or jazz artist to win the prestigious prize. more info

Guardian Music — New York Times and New Yorker share public service prizeRapper becomes first non-classical musician to win awardThe most famous names of American journalism were honoured on Monday with Pulitzer prizes for investigating Donald Trump and exposing ende... more info

BBC News - UK — The rapper becomes the first non-classical or jazz artist to be given the prestigious award. more info

Chicago Tribune — The Pulitzer Prize committee gets it. The Grammy Awards don’t. Kendrick Lamar’s 2017 album, “DAMN.,” was snubbed by the Recording Academy for the album of the year Grammy a few months ago. But on Monday, the Pulitzer Prize for musical composi... more info

TMZ — Kendrick Lamar might find it harder to be humble -- his "DAMN" album just won a prestigious Pulitzer Prize. The Pulitzer committee made the unprecedented announcement Monday ... hailing Kendrick's album as "a virtuosic song collection… more info

NME — Judges applaud the "vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism" of 'DAMN.' Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar has won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music. First launching in 1943, the award annually honours “a distinguished musical composition�... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California rapper Kendrick Lamar won the Pulitzer Prize for music on Monday for his album "DAMN.," organizers announced. more info

Tuneage — Kendrick Lamar Just Won a Pulitzer Prize for Damn.: Kendrick Lamar just got a Pulitzer. First non classical or jazz musician to do so! Killing it. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Their names are inked in history books and on the walls of hallowed concert halls as winners of American music’s most esteemed award, the Pulitzer Prize for music: Aaron Copland, George Crumb, John Luther Adams, Ornette Coleman, Caroline Shaw ... more info