{"id":5579,"date":"2018-04-20T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsincerity.us\/?p=5579"},"modified":"2023-06-08T07:49:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T07:49:31","slug":"kendrick-wins-pulitzer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/kendrick-wins-pulitzer\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar&#8217;s Pulitzer Shows Us Positive Change in American Institutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5579\" class=\"elementor elementor-5579\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55a9ff7d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55a9ff7d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31039842\" data-id=\"31039842\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55966526 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55966526\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\tLast week, Kendrick Lamar won a Pulitzer Prize for his fourth LP, &#8220;DAMN.&#8221; This is the first time a Pulitzer hasn&#8217;t gone to a classical or jazz artist, and the country is freaking out (in a good way.)\n\nThe Pulitzer board called the album \u201ca virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism that offers affecting vignettes capturing the complexity of modern African-American life.\u201d\n\nThis Pulitzer is not only a well-deserved success for Kendrick Lamar, it&#8217;s win for hip-hop as well. Finally, for the first time, this genre is being acknowledged for its brilliance in the highest musical institutions. And while many musicians earned Pulitzers years after their initial relevance (think Bob Dylan), Lamar&#8217;s message is a potent discussion of what is happening&nbsp;<em>right now.&nbsp;<\/em>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5582 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/newsincerity.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kendrick-lamar-damn-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Damn\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\">\n\n&nbsp;\n\n\u201cThe time was right (&#8230;) It shines a light on hip-hop in a completely different way. This is a big moment for hip-hop music and a big moment for the Pulitzers.\u201d Dana Canedy \u2013 the first woman of color, and the youngest person ever to give Pulitzers \u2013 told the New York Times.\n\n\u201cIn an era of warp-speed digital and social change in journalism and unsettling assaults on a free and independent press, the role of the Pulitzer Prizes is more vital than ever.\u201d\n\nWe see Lamar&#8217;s win as an opening to the good that is to come. The &#8216;unspoken rule&#8217; limiting genres in the Pulitzers has been broken. The floodgates are open \u2013 let the diverse, unconventional geniuses come flooding in.\n<h6><em>Photograph by Ellis Parrinder \/ Camara Press \/ Redux<\/em><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Kendrick Lamar won a Pulitzer Prize for his fourth LP, &#8220;DAMN.&#8221; This is the first time a Pulitzer hasn&#8217;t gone to a classical or jazz artist, and the country is freaking out (in a good way.) 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