Kendrick Lamar has finally given an update on his long-awaited next album.
His last album, Damn, was released over four years ago.
The rapper gave the update in a cryptically worded post on a new website linked from his Instagram account, saying he’s bidding farewell to his longtime label and management company Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE).
“As I produce my final TDE album, I feel joy to have been a part of such a cultural imprint after 17 years,” he wrote in part. “The Struggles. The Success. And most importantly, the Brotherhood. May the Most High continue to use Top Dawg as a vessel for candid creators. As I continue to pursue my life’s calling. There’s beauty in completion. And always faith in the unknown.”
Lamar’s Damn was the first non-classical and non-jazz album awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music and he followed it with the soundtrack to 2018’s Black Panther: The Album, which he wrote and produced 14 songs.
TDE also includes SZA, Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, Schoolboy Q, and Isaiah Rashad.
