NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Kendrick Lamar on 26 May 2020. Kendrick Lamar has been played on NTS over 690 times, featured on 561 episodes and was first played on 4 July 2012.

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987), professionally known as Kendrick Lamar, is a rapper from Compton, California. He is also a member of the hip-hop supergroup Black Hippy collective along with members Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, and Schoolboy Q. His music is largely influenced by the works of 2Pac, Jay-Z, Nas, DMX, The Notorious B.I.G., Mos Def, Eazy-E and Eminem.

He began to gain major recognition in 2010 after…