TIME 100: Kendrick Lamar

Time 100: Kendrick Lamar

Every year, TIME magazine chooses a list of the year's top influential people. They can either be famous celebrities or just people that have made a difference in this world. Many famous singers make it onto the TIME 100, including Kendrick Lamar. To get onto the TIME 100 you should be a good example on people. The following paragraphs will show how and why he made it onto the TIME 100.
Kendrick lamar is a very successful music producer. He has made so many hits. Despite his problems in life such as his father being a drug dealer and not being there for his Kendrick still made a good life for himself. Kendrick still showed strength and perseverance through tough times. He performs by the name of kendrick lamar but

He received a total of seven nominations at the 56th Grammy Awards in 2014, including Album of the Year for good kid, MAAD city. At the 57th Grammy Awards in 2015, his singles have earned him his first two wins: Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance. Lamar received his second Album of the Year nomination at the 58th Grammy Awards for To Pimp a Butterfly, also leading the list with 11 categories. For the latter, he went on to pass Eminem as the rapper with the most nominations in a single night, and second overall behind Michael Jackson, who holds the record of 12 nominations since 1984. Lamar was the most-awarded artist at the ceremony with five, including Best Rap Album.The rapper appeared for the first time on the Time 100 list of most influential people in 2016.

He is the cousin of NBA player Nick Young. He used to smoke cannabis, but has since quit. Lamar is a Christian, and originally converted following the death of a friend. He has been outspoken about his Christianity, both in his music and interviews. He announced to an audience in the Staples Center during Kanye West's Yeezus Tour that he had been baptized in 2013. Lamar has credited God for his fame and his deliverance from crime that often plagued Compton in the 1990s. Lamar also believes his career is divinely inspired and that he has a greater purpose to serve mankind, saying in an interview with Complex, "I got a greater purpose, God put something in my heart to get across and that's what I'm going to focus on, using my voice as an instrument and doing what needs to be done.” this shows how responsible he is.