Kendrick Lamar has received Tune of the Yr on the 2025 Grammy Awards for “Not Like Us.” The seismic diss observe towards Drake beat out Taylor Swift and Put up Malone’s “Fortnight,” Beyoncé’s “Texas Maintain ’Em,” Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather,” Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!”, Sabrina Carpenter’s “Please Please Please,” Shaboozey’s “A Bar Tune (Tipsy),” and Woman Gaga and Bruno Mars’ duet “Die With a Smile.”
Diana Ross introduced the award to Lamar, who opened his speech by saying, “Come on, man, Diana Ross? I’m star struck.” He continued: “This for Compton, straight up…My mother and pop on the market doing entrance flips on the sofa proper now. My son is six years previous. Fall asleep, it’s previous your bedtime proper now.”
Lamar added: “That is what it’s about as a result of on the finish of the day, nothing is extra highly effective than rap music. We’re the tradition. It’s all the time gonna keep right here and reside perpetually. Respect the artwork type and get you the place it’s good to go. I respect you all and love you all.”
Lamar has already been victorious this night, sweeping quite a few classes with “Not Like Us.” The huge single received Report of the Yr, Greatest Rap Tune, Greatest Rap Efficiency, and Greatest Music Video. His Future and Metro Boomin collaboration “Like That” was additionally up for Greatest Rap Efficiency and Greatest Rap Tune, respectively.
Following Lamar’s back-and-forth with Drake final summer time, the Compton rapper shock launched his sixth album, GNX, in November.
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