Pulitzer Prize Winners Kendrick Lamar 2025. 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. It was the first time the award had gone to a musical.

Kendrick lamar has joined william faulkner and robert frost in the pantheon of pulitzer prize winners. Kendrick was the first musical artist from a genre other.