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Kendrick Lamar just won a “DAMN.” Pulitzer. Did politics play a role?

By Siraj Hashmi
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Kendrick Lamar just won a “DAMN.” Pulitzer. Did politics play a role?

Compton-based rapper Kendrick Lamar won the Pulitzer Prize in music Monday for his 2017 album “DAMN.”

According to the Pulitzer website, Lamar’s album is described as “a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism that offers affecting vignettes capturing the complexity of modern African-American life.”

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