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Kendrick Lamar is commanding headlines yet again and cementing his legacy in music and pop culture. Fresh off sweeping the 2025 Grammys with five wins for his searing single Not Like Us including both Record and Song of the Year and dropping unforgettable performances at both the Grammys and the Super Bowl Halftime Show where he brought the ongoing drama with Drake to America’s largest viewing audience Kendrick just clinched his second Emmy. The Fader reports that he and co-musical director Tony Russell took home Outstanding Music Direction for the Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Starring Kendrick Lamar an event that also featured a cameo by SZA and pop culture cameos from Samuel L Jackson and Serena Williams and capped with the controversial Not Like Us as its grand finale.

Meanwhile Kendrick’s chart domination remains relentless. HotNewHipHop highlights that he is the only rapper in 2025 to have a song on the Billboard Hot 100 every week of the year so far led by Luther his blockbuster collaboration with SZA that set a new record for a rap song with 13 weeks at number one. Their duet and other Grand National Experience tracks like tv off and peekaboo keep driving his chart streak while solo tracks like 30 For 30 from the deluxe SOS help fuel his ongoing airplay dominance. Billboard and Bars are both spotlighting how Kendrick’s chart presence is historic in its persistence.

Kendrick has kept himself visible but enigmatic as usual doing one-off appearances like joining Clipse on stage in Los Angeles for their collaboration Chains & Whips but pointedly skipping high-profile red carpets. According to Elle and AOL he was notably absent from the MTV VMAs last week despite a jaw-dropping 10 nominations, breaking his silence only with a technical win for Best Cinematography on Not Like Us and declining all social media reaction. His absence has only fueled the mystique and generated social media chatter but no new posts have appeared on his accounts. In public interviews particularly with SZA for Harpers Bazaar last fall he’s reflected on the distance between his private reality and his superstar status underscoring his focus on honesty emotional growth and embracing vulnerability in his music as his true superpower.

Next up for Kendrick is the overseas leg of his sold-out Grand National World Tour with SZA kicking off later this month in Mexico City at Estadio GNP Seguros on September 23 before heading through South America from Bogotá to São Paulo. No major business deals or product endorsements have been publicly confirmed in the past few days despite ongoing speculation. Headlines are consistently billing him as the artist of the year and the king of both rap and the pop culture moment as his hits power through the charts and his live shows continue drawing massive international crowds.

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