Kendrick Lamar has won the 2023 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album with Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers. The rapper took home the award over fellow nominees Pusha T (It’s Almost Dry), Jack Harlow (Come Home the Kids Miss You), Future (I Never Liked You), and DJ Khaled (God Did). Cardi B presented the Grammy Award to Kendrick Lamar.
Lamar has now won Best Rap Album thrice, having been victorious in the category in 2016 (To Pimp a Butterfly) and 2018 (Damn.); Lamar was also nominated at the 2014 Grammy Awards for Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, but infamously lost to Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.
Earlier tonight, Lamar’s single “The Heart Part 5” took home trophies for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song. He lost his Best Melodic Rap Performance nod (for “Die Hard”) to Future, Drake, and Tems, who earned the accolade for their track “Wait for U.”
Lamar was the most-nominated male artist at the 2023 Grammy Awards, securing eight total nods. Only Beyoncé and her nine nominations surpassed Lamar.
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