Kendrick Lamar, the rapper laureate and one of the music world’s least predictable stars, released a surprise new album, “GNX,” on Friday.
It is the sixth studio album by Lamar, 37, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2018 and, even before releasing the album, has been having a banner year.
On the cover, Lamar slouches against the rear of the vehicle, and the video — with swelling strings and Lamar’s multi-tracked, rapid-fire vocals — shows Lamar with the car in an empty, monumental space.
6,” the latest in a series of tracks with similar titles, which has become a Lamar signature.
It is also an implicit rejoinder against Drake, who had released a diss track in May called “The Heart Part 6.”
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