California, Europe Brief News – Kendrick Lamar is a 34-year-old American highest-paid rapper on this planet which makes Kendrick Lamar net worth more than the average of $50 million. Most of his songs have gone viral due to their catchy vibe and lyrics.
Till now, Kendrick Lamar has earned more than $175 million in his whole career. And if we specifically look at the year 2018, he earned about $60 million in one sole year. Therefore, he is considered one of the highest-paid rappers in the whole world.
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Kendrick Lamar’s Personal Life
He is not just a rapper but a songwriter and a music artist as well. He is an American national and 5 feet 6 inches tall. He was born in California, America where his journey of becoming a rapper began. He started rapping when he was in elementary school and was heavily influenced by his role models, Dr. Dre and Tupac Shakur.
Just three years before the birth of Kendrick Lamar, his parents had moved to Compton from Chicago because his father was involved in gang activities which were one of the reasons why his mother was given an ultimatum. His parents eventually decided to move to Compton together.
Despite facing all those hurdles, Kendrick Lamar still remembers his childhood with good memories. It has been reported that he was a student who used to ace all his subjects with amazing test scores.
Kendrick Lamar Net Worth
Kendrick Lamar’s net worth is about $75 million. His stage name used to be ‘K. Dot’ which he later changed to Kendrick Lamar after he signed with Lil Wayne. Some of his content hit worldwide and contributed a lot to his net worth.
His studio album ‘good kid, m.A.A.d city’ sold over 1.1 million copies in America alone. Another one of his singles that went viral was ‘YOLO’ featured with Adam Levine and The Lonely Island. Several of his singles/albums have ranked on the Billboard 200 chart as well with a few even ranking #2.
In November of 2013, he was even acknowledged by GQ Magazine as Rapper of the year. This blew up his career even more. In May 2015, he was even involved in the remix of Taylor Swift’s song ‘Bad Blood’ which hit #1 on Billboard charts, and they even won a Grammy for the Best Music Video.
For the same song, they even won MTVs Music Video Award for Video of the year. All of this greatly contributes to Kendrick Lamar Net worth.
