KENDRICK LAMAR RECEIVES CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE GENERATIONAL ICON AWARD.

While Kanye West was in Chicago getting his honorary doctorate, Kendrick Lamar was in California receiving his own prestigious honor. 

The Compton rapper was the recipient of the 35th Senate District’s Generational Icon Award. Fellow Compton native Senator Isadore Hall, III praised Kendrick for giving back to his community by donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to support music, sports, and after-school programs. “In less than 10 years as a professional artist, Mr. Lamar has gone from a local Compton young boy to become a multi-platinum, Billboard chart-topping, two-time Grammy Award-winning musician, an incredible achievement for anyone 27 years old,” said Hall. “But Mr. Lamar has not let his recent fame get the best of him. … Mr. Lamar is a familiar face in the neighborhood, giving back to his community that raised him.”