Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, better known by his stage name — Kendrick Lamar — is one of the most successful and influential hip-hop artists of the 21st century. Lamar, who's from Compton, California, ...

It’s got the same 1-4-5 progression as “Louie Louie” and you can’t perform it without strutting ... Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton, who took it to the summit of the US R&B charts ...