Dr. Dre bestowed Kendrick Lamar with the ASCAP Vanguard Award at the twenty sixth annual ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards at the metropolis Hilton building in metropolis, CA yesterday (May 27). ASCAP, The yank Society Of Composers, Authors and Publishers, says on its web site that the ASCAP Vanguard Award is, "Awarded in recognition of the impact of latest and developing musical genres, that facilitate form the longer term of music." the sole different Rap act to win the award were the Beastie Boys in 1999.
Last year, Dr. Dre discharged Kendrick Lamar's major label debut album, good kid, m.A.A.d. city, through his Aftermath recreation and in conjunction with Intersocpe Records and high Dawg recreation. the gathering, that was certified gold in Dec, enclosed the hits "Bitch, do not Kill My Vibe" and "Swimming Pools (Drank)." The latter was certified atomic number 78 in January.
"When I conceive to work with associate creator, which means I've detected or seen one thing special, one thing distinctive, one thing totally different and before the trends and Kendrick Lamar has my full attention," Dr. Dre same at the event last night. "Now what may be higher than not solely finding associate creator that's this gifted, however one United Nations agency grew up in nuclear physicist and additionally visited identical highschool that I did. Centennial, by the way. within the same tradition as different emcees that came before him, Kendrick writes concerning what he sees occurring in his world. however not like different emcees, he approaches his music with vulnerability, humility and expresses the reality concerning himself and his generation, and therefore the generation of individuals that connect [to] his story. the actual fact that sensible child, m.A.A.d. town sold-out additional copies than the other debut album last year is proof that his fans believe him the means I do."
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