Episode 9 - Kendrick Lamar. Kendrick Lamar Duckworth is a rapper and regarded as one of the most influential artists of his generation. He had already amassed a large online following by the time he released his debut album in 2011. He is the first non-jazz or non-classical artist to win a Pulitzer Prize for an album. He's won 13 Grammys along with a host of other accolades. Will he be regarded by us as God Tier?