![]() His first official album, Section.80 (2011), was released as a digital download the following year and entered the Billboard 200 at number 113.By that point in his career, Lamar's reputation had been strengthened through guest appearances on dozens of tracks, and he had the support of veteran West Coast stars as well. Overly Dedicated (2010) was the first Kendrick Lamar mixtape and fared well enough to enter Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart that October. The latter was issued the same year he became part of Black Hippy - beside fellow Top Dawg artists Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, and ScHoolboy Q - a group whose members, for the most part, appeared on one another's mixtapes and albums. ![]() Training Day (2005) and C4 (2009) also preceded his decision to go by his birth name. Youngest Head Nigga in Charge (2003), issued when he was only 16 years old, caught the attention of Top Dawg Entertainment and led to a long-term association that helped raise the rapper's profile. Dot and released a series of mixtapes under that name. A native of Compton, California, Lamar originally rapped as K. ![]() Platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated rapper Kendrick Lamar is one of the rare artists who has achieved critical and commercial success while earning the respect and support of those who inspired him.
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