Kendrick Lamar surprises with new album 'GNX'
Kendrick Lamar gave music listeners an early holiday present with a new album

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Your support makes all the difference.Kendrick Lamar gave music listeners an early holiday present Friday with the surprise drop of a new album.
The Grammy winner's 12-track āGNXā is the rapper's first release since 2022's āMr. Morale & The Big Steppersā and his sixth studio album overall. It also comes just months after his rap battle with Drake.
The rap megastar will also headline February's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show in New Orleans.
Lamar, 37, has experienced massive success since his debut album āgood kid, m.A.A.d cityā in 2012. Since then, heās accumulated 17 Grammy wins and became the first non-classical, non-jazz musician to win a Pulitzer Prize for his 2017 album āDAMN.ā
The surprise release caps a big year for the Lamar, who featured on the song āLike Thatā with Future and Metro Boomin ā a track that spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this year. He also scored another hit with āNot Like Us,ā a track emanating from the Drake feud.