Pulitzer Prize Winners List Kendrick Lamar 2025 Winners. Five of lamar's 17 grammy wins are tied to damn., which also earned lamar the status of becoming the first rapper ever to win a pulitzer prize. Although his fourth lp, damn., was snubbed at the grammy awards in.
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. Kendrick lamar—one of the most popular, incisive, and fearless voices of our generation—just won the biggest prize an artist can win.