Rapper Kendrick Lamar Wins Pulitzer Prize For Music

American Rapper and Songwriter Kendrick Lamar has won the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his album, DAMN., becoming the first non-classical or jazz artist to receive the honor.  The Pulitzer board announced the selection on Monday, calling the 2017 LP a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism that offers affecting vignettes capturing the via IFTTT