Cyrus Langhorne
Grammy-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar‘s sitting atop the sales chart. The hip-hop heavyweight’s new DAMN. album has crushed its 2017 competition after a week of availability.
After only 7 days, King Kendrick’s latest solo offering has pushed out over 600,000 copies.
Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 2017’s biggest week for an album: 603,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending April 20, according to Nielsen Music. That’s the most units earned by an album in a single week in nearly a year, since Drake’s Views launched with 1.04 million units in the week ending May 5, 2016. The previous record holder for 2017’s biggest week was the debut of Drake’s More Life, with 505,000 units in the week ending March 23. (Billboard)
Last night, K. Dot revealed his mom’s wild reaction to his new LP.
Approached by paparazzi this week, Lamar playfully said he did not give President Barack Obama an early DAMN. listen.
Kendrick Lamar apparently didn’t return the love to President Obama, because he told us the former Prez didn’t get an advanced copy of his album like LeBron James did. Kendrick was leaving Mastro’s in Bev Hills Friday night when our photog brought up Obama, who previously praised Kendrick for having the best album of 2015. The rapper famously sent an early copy of his new album, “DAMN” to LeBron … but turns out Obama’s mailbox was empty. (TMZ)
A few days ago, NBA superstar LeBron James revealed Lamar blessed him with a pre-release DAMN. copy.
“I haven’t stopped listening to it since he sent it to me. I don’t even know if that was last week or not before it came out. The guy is an unbelievable talent. His wordplay and his lyrics is unbelievable. And it hit home for me at times because I was a kid that grew up in the inner city. His story of, the notion of you either play basketball or sell drugs or that’s it. There’s no out. You become a statistic. As an African-American kid growing up in the inner city, they don’t believe that you can get out and become something. That’s why I’m able to relate to a lot of his lyrics and relate to a lot of his stories. So he’s an unbelievable artist, an unbelievable person. I’m glad he’s able to put those words onto a track and then for all of us to be able to hear it. For me, I definitely appreciate it.”
"I haven't stopped listening to it since he sent it to me."@KingJames on @kendricklamar's new album. pic.twitter.com/5nzKgQjDBw
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) April 21, 2017
