Kendrick Lamar is operating the sport in 2025, main this yr’s American Music Awards with a heavy 10 nominations.
The Compton legend, already holding a Pulitzer, is now eyeing a clear sweep with nods in main classes like Artist of the Yr, Album of the Yr for GNX, and Tune of the Yr for the straight-up banger “Not Like Us.” His joint with SZA, “Luther,” picked up two noms, one for Collaboration of the Yr and one other for Favourite Hip-Hop Tune.
On high of that, “Like That” with Future and Metro Boomin and “Not Like Us” additionally landed within the Favourite Hip-Hop Tune class. Kendrick’s additionally up for Favourite Male Hip-Hop Artist, Favourite Hip-Hop Album for GNX, and Favourite Music Video for “Not Like Us.” It’s been a wild yr for Okay-Dot. He lit up the Tremendous Bowl halftime stage with a efficiency that had everyone speaking, then adopted it up by dropping GNX, a undertaking followers and critics alike known as a traditional.
The album’s uncooked, actual, and full of bars that remind everybody why Kendrick is in a league of his personal. If he walks away with all eight wins he’s eligible for, he’ll tie the GOATs—Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston—for probably the most AMAs in a single yr. That’s legendary standing, no query.
Proper now, Kendrick ain’t simply a part of the dialog, he is the dialog.
