Kendrick Lamar fans will have to wait a little more than three weeks.
The famous Californian rapper announced on Monday the release of a new album on May 13, five years after the last,
DAMN
.
On Twitter, the artist's account responded to a message announcing his retirement with a link to his website, oklama.com, where a new black folder appeared.
Inside, a letter announces the title of the album,
Mr Morale & The Big Steppers
, as well as a release date, May 13, 2022.
Pulitzer Prize for
DAMN
The kid from Compton, a poor suburb of Los Angeles, is considered one of the best rappers of all time for his lyrics that address racism, violence and social injustice, and his style incorporating jazz and "spoken word". ".
His previous albums had already been successful and his latest opus,
DAMN
, released in 2017, earned him a Pulitzer Prize in the music category, a first for a hip-hop artist and more broadly for popular music. modern.
He later signed many of the songs on the Marvel Black Panther
movie soundtrack
.
Kendrick Lamar has already won 14 Grammy Awards, the awards of the American music industry, including the last this year for the best rap performance, on a piece with his cousin Baby Keem (
family ties
).
Recently, he appeared during the concert bringing together several legends of California rap for the halftime of the Super Bowl 2022, including Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre.
It is also on the bill for the next Glastonbury Festival in England.
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