Kendrick Lamar has gained Report of the Yr for the primary time at the 2025 Grammys, making good on his fourth 12 months of nomination within the class. His incendiary Drake diss “Not Like Us” beat out competitors from Taylor Swift and Publish Malone (“Fortnight”), the Beatles (“Now and Then”), Beyoncé (“Texas Maintain ’Em”), Billie Eilish (“Birds of a Feather”), Chappell Roan (“Good Luck, Babe!”), Charli XCX (“360”), and Sabrina Carpenter (“Espresso”). And, sure, they did televise a few of the extra vicious traces from the music.
“What’s up? At the beginning, reward to probably the most excessive we awakened this morning,” Lamar started his acceptance speech. “Dre, what’s up? Swiss what’s up? We gonna dedicate this one to this metropolis: Compton, Lengthy Seaside, Englewood, Hollywood, out to the Valley, San Bernardino, all that. That is my neck of the woods that held me down since a younger pup, since I used to be within the studio scrapping to put in writing the perfect raps and all that to put in writing ones like these. I can’t give sufficient thanks to those locations that I rolled round since highschool. Most significantly, the folks and the households out within the Palisades and Altadena. It is a true testomony that we will change and restore this metropolis. Maintain rocking. My boy Mustard, the place you at?”
Mustard added, “I ain’t obtained nothing to say however West Siiiiiiiiiiide!”
Earlier within the day, Lamar gained Best Music Video, Best Rap Song, and Best Rap Performance, all for “Not Like Us.” Observe together with all of Pitchfork’s coverage of the 2025 Grammys.
