Kendrick Lamar's 2015 album "To Pimp a Butterfly" won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.
The album was released in March 2015 and combines hip hop with jazz, funk, soul, and spoken-word influences. Its songs examine racism, Black identity, fame, survivor's guilt, depression, community, and the contradictions of success. The record became one of the most acclaimed albums of the 2010s.
Important tracks include "King Kunta," "Alright," "The Blacker the Berry," and "i." The album also features contributions from artists including Thundercat, Flying Lotus, George Clinton, Bilal, and Snoop Dogg. A recurring poetic conversation develops across the record and culminates in the final track, "Mortal Man."
Kendrick Lamar won Best Rap Album at the 58th Grammy Awards in 2016. The album was also nominated for Album of the Year, but did not win that category, a distinction that can cause confusion when the two awards are remembered together.