How Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer win blurs lines between classical music and pop
- Written by Scott Davie, Piano tutor and Lecturer, Sydney Conservatorium Music, University of Sydney
Kendrick Lamar in the music video for HumbleScreenshot from Youtube
The awarding of the 2018 Pulitzer Music Prize to Kendrick Lamar for his album DAMN. has attracted considerable controversy. The American rapper edged out the young Michael Gilbertson, who wrote a string quartet in a traditional format, and Ted Hearne, who created a modernist...
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