Stereogum — Kendrick Lamar is on top of the world right now. His DAMN. is arguably the best album that anyone has released this year, and it's also got the biggest first-week sales of any 2017 album thus far. Last night, he headlined Coachella's second weekend... more info

AllHipHop — KENDRICK HITS THE ROAD FOR THE DAMN TOUR more info

Stereogum — Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 2017’s biggest week for an album: 603,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending April 20, according to Nielsen Music. That’s the most units earned by an albu... more info

411 Mania — Kendrick Lamar recently spoke with TMZ and was asked if he gave President Barack Obama a copy of his new album DAMN. He previously gave[.........] more info

E! Online — Kendrick Lamar has one proud mama on his hands. Fresh off the release of his latest album, DAMN., the "Humble" rapper took to Instagram on Saturday with one of the most epic... more info

AllHipHop — KENDRICK LAMAR WINS! more info

New York Times — The two rappers recall an earlier time in the genre’s history, in terms of aesthetics and politics. How do they fit in today? A panel discussion, on Popcast. more info

Stereogum — If Kendrick Lamar had not released an actual music video this week, then the week's best music-related video would surely be the shaky camera-phone footage of Kendrick Lamar's Coachella set -- both a giddy victory lap and some sort of improbable, out... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The parking lot of the Compton Best Buy is 131 miles from the Empire Polo Club in Indio. Perhaps it’s much farther in the minds of many South L.A. hip-hop fans, at least for those who wished they could have seen their hometown hero Kendrick La... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The parking lot of the Compton Best Buy is 131 miles from the Empire Polo Club in Indio. Perhaps it’s much farther in the minds of many South L.A. hip-hop fans, at least for those who wished they could have seen their hometown hero Kendrick La... more info