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Pulitzer goes to Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar
Rapper and Compton-native Kendrick Lamar won the the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for his latest studio album “DAMN.” He’s the first non-jazz or classical musician to win the prize.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readRapper and Compton-native Kendrick Lamar won the the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for his latest studio album “DAMN.” He’s the first non-jazz or classical musician to win the prize.
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Gina Pollack
Producer
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play
Craig Jenkins
critic for Vulture
Todd Boyd
Professor of Critical Studies at USC School of Cinematic Arts; Katherine and Frank Price Endowed Chair for the Study of Race and Popular Culture at USC
The full episode
4 of 4Mayor Garcetti on homelessness and his political future- 0:00LA Mayor: Our work isn’t 2020 yet, it's in flipping the House in 2018
- 14:16How will the LA Times cover City Hall from El Segundo?
- 23:05How young and old activists define feminism
- 37:49Pulitzer goes to Compton rapper Kendrick LamarYou’re reading this