Kendrick Lamar onstage in California.
Kendrick Lamar, who was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his album "DAMN.," is taking a "victory lap" onstage in his home state of California, according to the L.A. Times.
The Times' pop music critic, Mikael Wood, reported:
"L.A., this is your home team," Lamar told the crowd near the end of his set after he took a kind of roll call, asking how many in the house were from Inglewood, Compton, Watts or South Los Angeles.
The response to Lamar's comment demonstrated how much pride his fans have taken in his ascent, which in turn seemed to push Lamar to new levels of emotional intensity as he ran through "Damn" cuts such as "Element" and "Love" (for the latter he brought out the song's featured vocalist, Zacari) as well as oldies like "Money Trees" and "Alright."
Read the full piece, "Kendrick Lamar, a.k.a. ‘Pulitzer Kenny,’ takes a hometown victory lap with SZA and his Top Dawg team," here.