Brooklyn Vegan — The Colbert Report will air its final episode on Thursday night (12/18), after which Stephen Colbert (the real person, not his Report persona) will begin prepping to take over for the retiring David Letterman sometime next year. Last night... more info

Perez Hilton — Over the years, Stephen Colbert has had some pretty amazing musical guests — something he makes sure to mention to Kendrick Lamar during their interview! [ Video: Stephen Colbert Interviews Smaug The Dragon For His The Hobbit Themed Episode! ] But ... more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — Kendrick Lamar debuted an untitled new song during "The Colbert Report" on Tuesday night, capping the show’s nine-year run of musical guests with a devastating, slow-build track that equaled his memorable performance of “I” a few months back on... more info

Time — The rapper was the show's last-ever musical guest (sob) more info

Stereogum — Kendrick Lamar performed an untitled new song on The Colbert Report tonight. His appearance was announced last week as part of the talk show’s final week, and he’s the show’s last musical guest. The new song is very intense and the polar opposi... more info

Stereogum — Mike Will Made It is continuing his tradition of year-end mixtapes with Ransom. It’s the Atlanta superproducer’s first release with all-new songs rather than a collection of various tracks from throughout his year. A lot of big names are on it, i... more info

Stereogum — There’s been lots of speculation, especially among dorks like us, about which superstar would drop a surprise album by the end of the year: Kanye West? Kendrick Lamar? Beyoncé? Nobody expected the late year’s big surprise release to be the myste... more info

Perez Hilton — Say it 'aint so! We've known that The Colbert Report was coming to an end for a while now… But next week's series finale might be the end of Stephen Colbert too! With the Comedy Central satirical news show ending on Dec. 18, Stephen's final set of ... more info

Stereogum — To celebrate the final week of the Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert has lined up some exciting guests for his last four shows, the first of which airs on Monday. According to David Itzkoff (via Twitter) Kendrick Lamar will be the guest on the final Tu... more info