Poetic Justice: The Year of Kendrick Lamar

This week on Jam Session, it’s Amanda’s birthday week (month, and year)! Happy early birthday to our favorite Leo (00:00)! Next, the two dive into some celebrity updates, including Jennifer Garner’s media rounds in conjunction with ‘The Five-Star Weekend’ (6:53), a quick hit on t ...  Show more

This week on Jam Session, Juliet and Amanda discuss the many celebrity sightings at the World Cup final (11:08) before digging into ‘The Odyssey’ press tour (28:16) and speculation that Rachel Cusk’s new novel is secretly about Natalie Portman (36:25). Plus, some Jam Session read ...  Show more

Ahead of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance, Ringer senior staff writer Justin Charity explores some of the critical moments of Kendrick’s story: from a legendary come-up in the rap blog era of the late 2000s to his early stardom in the 2010s to his fiery resurgence ...  Show more

In 2024, Kendrick Lamar pulled off what seemed impossible: winning hip-hop's biggest rap battle in recent history, securing the Super Bowl halftime show, and dropping GNX, a surprise album that might be the year's defining pop record. But this triumphant return wasn't guaranteed. ...  Show more

Mark Coles profiles Pulitzer Prize winning rapper Kendrick Lamar, whose concepts and ideas are changing hip-hop culture.

Lamar won the award for his latest album Damn, which also collected five Grammy awards in January and is praised for lyrics which reveal the complexi ...

Marcus J. Moore, author of The Butterfly Effect, a new book on Kendrick Lamar, takes host Brian Hiatt through the life and times of one of the 21st century's most important artists Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices