Kendrick Lamar Bio
Real Name: Kendrick Lamar Duckworth
Shortname : K-Dot
Profession: Rapper
Personal Life
Date of Birth : 17 June 1987
Age (as in 2019) : 31 Years
Birthplace : Compton, California, United States
Zodiac sign : Gemini
Nationality: American
School : Centennial High School
Religion: Christianity
Affairs/Girlfriends : Whitney Alford ( Meke-Up Artist)
Net Worth : $45 Million
Family
Father: Kenny Duckworth
Mother: Paula Oliver
Siblings: One
Sisters: Kayla Duckworth
Marital Status : Unmarried
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.) : 168 cm (in
centimeters), 1.68 m, 5’ 6” (in feet inches)
Weight (approx.): 67 kg, 147 lbs (in pounds)
Body Measurements (approx.): Chest: 38 inches
- Waist: 32 inches - Biceps: 13 inches
Eye Colour: Brown
Hair Colour: Black
Kendrick Lamar Wiki
Kendrick Lamar is 31 years old American rapper, songwriter and record producer known for its Hip Hop genre of music. He came to limelight for his innovative take on life in Southern California and also for his affiliation with rap star and producer Dr. Dre.
Early Life
Kendrick was born on 17th June, 1987 in Compton, California as Kendrick Lamar Duckworth to Kenny Duckworth. His family made a move from Compton to Chicago as his father was associated with the Gangster Disciples gang and this was directly influencing his family by the violence of the streets. He observed the precarious street activities remaining thoughtful and soft-spoken. He soon adopted the name K-Dot and started performing on his lyrics as a rapper. It was in 2003 his musical career started up at the age of 16 when he made a release of mixtape called Youngest Head Ninja in Charge.
In education, he attended McNair Elementary and Vanguard Learning Center in the Compton Unified School District and later went for Centennial High School.
Career
His career started up at the age of 16 with the release of mixtape titled Youngest Head Ninja in Charge. This brought him local fame and he secured a recording contract with Top Dawg Entertainment further releasing out two acclaimed mix tapes, Training Day (2005) and C4 (2009). In 2010, he went for releasing his fourth mix tape, Overly Dedicated, but this time under his own name and this was also the time when he caught attention of rap star, Dr. Dre who took him under his wing as mentor. He next got signed to independent record label, Aftermath Entertainment, bringing his career to next level of critical and commercial acclaim with 2012 released two albums, Good Kid and M.A.A.D City followed by the Grammy winning album, To Pimp a Butterfly (2015) and the Grammy and Pulitzer winning album, Damn (2017). He also remained active with tours and making guest appearances in albums of artists like YG, SZA, Tame Impala, Jay Rock, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Snoop Dogg and many more. He was named by Time magazine as one among the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016 and in 2018 received Pulitzer Prize for Music for his album Damn (2017) that became the first non-classical and non-jazz album to be in the list of award.
Personal Life
He is engaged to Whitney Alford, his long time girlfriend in April 2015.
Net Worth
It is estimated to be around $55 million dollars.
