<div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1987</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Kendrick Lamar is Born</div><div class='timeline-text'>On June 17, 1987, Kendrick Lamar Duckworth was born in Compton, California.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2004</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Signs with Top Dawg Entertainment</div><div class='timeline-text'>Lamar signs with Top Dawg Entertainment and begins recording mixtapes.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2010</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Releases Debut Studio Album</div><div class='timeline-text'>In October 2010, Lamar released his debut studio album Section.80.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2012</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Good Kid, M.A.A.D City is Released</div><div class='timeline-text'>Kendrick releases his sophomore album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City which goes on to be certified platinum.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2015</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>To Pimp a Butterfly is Released</div><div class='timeline-text'>Kendrick releases his third studio album To Pimp a Butterfly which debuts at number one on the US Billboard 200.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2017</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>DAMN. is Released</div><div class='timeline-text'>Kendrick releases his fourth studio album DAMN. which debuts at number one on the US Billboard 200.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2018</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Wins Pulitzer Prize</div><div class='timeline-text'>Kendrick Lamar becomes the first non-classical or jazz artist to win a Pulitzer Prize for music for his album DAMN.</div></div></div>
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