Apple Music names Kendrick Lamar its Rap Artist of the Year

After his era-defining beef with Drake, Kendrick Lamar is called Apple Music’s Rap artist of the yr.

Kendrick Lamar is among the most well-known rappers globally whose music has a number of Grammys and bought tens of millions of copies.

Kendrick Lamar’s points with Drake delivered main data from each side with the most important being the Compton rapper’s ‘Not Like Us’ which reached the summit of the Billboard Scorching 100 and broke a number of streaming data.

After not too long ago getting 2025 Grammy nominations for Music of the Yr, Report of the Yr, Rap Report of the Yr, and Rap Efficiency of the Yr, Kendrick Lamar has been topped Apple Music’s Rap Artist of the Yr.

One of the crucial news-making rappers in 2024 alongside Drake, Kendrick Lamar beats different contenders like Future, Kanye West, TY Dolla $ign, and Tyler the Creator to the Apple Music crown.

Some followers have opined that Future who launched 3 Billboard 200 topping albums ought to have been named the rapper of the yr moderately than Kendrick Lamar who profited from a serious rap beef.