Kendrick Lamar News

Day two of the Hangout Festival kicked off much like day one - with beautiful blue skies, white-sand beaches and a bill loaded with can't miss sets.

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Lunatics. He also claims he helped them with their projects and that they weren't always grateful for the assistance.

As far as galleries go, it's pretty tough to beat a half a mile of white-sand beach on the Gulf of Mexico.

The Alaska State Fair announced two more concerts to round out the 2013 concert series at the Borealis Theatre in Palmer, with tickets for rising rap star Kendrick Lamar and Poison front man Bret Michaels on sale now on the fair's website.

Andy Samberg and his comedy rap group the Lonely Island are back with more musical shenanigans just in time for summer.

Celebrities Chris Tucker , Kendrick Lamar , Tamar Braxton , Charlie Wilson , Chris Brown and BET's Stephen G. Hill were all smiles at the BET Awards 2013 Press Conference on Tuesday in Los Angeles, California.

On May 13 American hip-hop recording artist Kendrick Lamar released an official music video for his song "B**ch, Don't Kill My Vibe" on his VEVO YouTube channel .

GULF SHORES, Alabama--Need some help picking which musicians to check out at this weekend's jam-packed Hangout Fest ? Only one of Hangout's headliners, Stevie Wonder, is mentioned in the piece.

Better put your shoes on because your socks are about to be blown off.] Last year, Kendrick Lamar released good kid, m.A.A.d. city , his gorgeous proper debut album and the best rap project of the year.

"Depending on the story that you're telling, you can be relatable to everybody or nobody.

After introducing the world to mamadukes , J. Cole lets Kendrick Lamar take the stand in the second episode of his "Born Sinner" series.

The 2013 BET Awards will air live from the Nokia Theatre LA Live. in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, June 30 and will be hosted by actor and comedian Chris Tucker.

Beyonc 's younger sister announced today on Twitter that she has launched her own record label named Saint Records, which she exclaims will be "where I'll be releasing my music & other projects distributed through SONY!" The singer added , "It is through SAINT RECORDS that I will be releasing my full length album, and also future music projects ... (more)

The Best I Ever Had hitmaker received five nods in the category of Video of the Year, with his promos for Started From The Bottom, HYFR , No Lie , Poetic Justice , and Problems all getting nods, while he'll compete with collaborators A$AP Rocky, 2 Chainz and Lamar in the Best Collaboration category.

Chris Brown is the first artist confirmed to perform at the upcoming BET Awards '13, which will be hosted by Chris Tucker , and Drake leads the pack with 12 awards nominations.

Drake is nominated three times for the top prize, video of the year. His hit, "Started from the Bottom," will compete with his collaborations with 2 Chainz and A$AP Rocky .

Solange has premiered a new version of her track 'Looks Good With Trouble' with an added verse from Kendrick Lamar .

Originally just an interlude that appeared on her critically acclaimed EP, True , the Houston native-turned New Yorker, Solange releases a full version of her track, . Although Solange's True was just rereleased at Opening Ceremony with new package, fans will have to probably purchase the extended version of this track on iTunes.

Born Brendan Martin, and dubbed by Hot 97 as "The best new Hip-Hop artist in New York ," to his music fans he goes by B. Martin .