Kendrick Lamar Net Worth

How much is Kendrick Lamar worth?

About Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth was born in the city of Compton, California. Both his parents came from Chicago, his father being a street gang member of Gangster Disciples. The name Kendrick was given to him by his mother. It came from a popular American singer called Eddie Kendricks.

He grew up in section 8 housing and he went to McNair Elementary School and Vanguard Learning Center. When he was eight years old, he had the opportunity to watch two of his idols Tupac and Dr Dre filming the video of California Love which was and still is a hit. This was a big moment for young Kendrick. He also went to Centennial Middle School where he was a straight-A student.

Kendrick released his first mixtape Youngest Head Nigga in Charge under Konkrete Jungle Muzik in 2004 when he was just 16 years old. This mixtape paved his way to be signed to a record label called Top Dawg Entertainment (T.D.E). Kendrick then started working with the recording label and two years later, he released the 26-track mixtape Training Day. He performed alongside fellow artists Jay Rock and Ya Boy while opening the stage for The Game who was a big artist at the time. At this time his stage name was K-Dot. He also featured in two of The Game’s tracks “The Cypha” and “Cali Niggaz”.

Kendrick’s fame continued to rise, he was featured on Jay Rock’s single “All My Life” which also featured the big-time rapper, Lil Wayne in 2008. He dropped his stage name K-Dot and chose to stick to his birth name Kendrick Lamar. He then released The Kendrick Lamar EP and joined together with fellow artists who were under T.D.E to form Black Hippy.

He toured in 2010 with fellow artists Jay Rock and Tech N9ne, a tour called the “Independent Grind Tour”. On September 14, 2010, he released the mixtape Overly Dedicated which entered BillBoard’s top R&B/Hip-Hop charts as number 72. It included a song called “Ignorance is Bliss”, the video of which impressed hip-hop producer Dr Dre, which is how the two originally began to work together. Kendrick worked with Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg on the album Detox.

Kendrick was featured in Complex magazine, in December that year and in XXL magazine’s annual “Top 10 Freshmen Class” in early 2011. On April 12, 2011, he released the single “HiiiPower” which was produced by fellow artist J. Cole. It marked the beginning of their many collaborations.

On July 2, 2011, he released the album Section.80, it sold 5,300 copies in its first week and during a performance in August that year at the West Los Angeles Concert, Kendrick was named the “New King of the West Coast” by his idol Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and The Game. In October, he appeared in a cypher at the BET Awards along with fellow artists B.o.B, MGK, Big K.R.I.T, and Tech N9ne. That same month he released a song called “Cloud 10” that was used to promote Windows Phone which was a new product by Microsoft.

2011 was a great year for recognition as he also featured on Drake’s Grammy Award-winning album Take Care, The Wonder Years by 9th Wonder, All 6’s and 7’s by Tech N9ne and on The R.E.D. Album by The Game. In March 2012, Kendrick signed for Interscope Records and Aftermath Entertainment and released his debut album Good Kid, m.A.A.d city in October that year. It went to number 2 on the US charts and sold 242,100 copies in its first week. In October 2013, he went on The Yeezus Tour with Kanye West. He won 5 awards that month at the BET awards.

In November that year, he was named by GQ as “Rapper of the Year” and he featured in the “Men of the Year” issue of the magazine. In September 2014, he released the single “i” that won an award at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards.

He released his 3rd album To Pimp a Butterfly on March 16, 2015 that entered at number 1 on the US Billboard 200 chart and sold 324,000 copies in its first week with a global stream record of 9.6 million on Spotify. He released his 4th album DAMN on April 14, 2017 with a single from it “Humble” leading the US Hot 100. The album sold 1,002,000 copies as of April 2018. He also was involved in making the soundtrack of the hit movie Black Panther.

He has won 14 Grammy Awards and 8 BET Awards. Albums such as Good Kid m.A.A.d city have sold 1.7 million copies in the USA alone and“DAMN sold 1.3 million copies worldwide. The album DAMN won him the Pulitzer Prize. He has endorsement deals with Airbnb, American Express, Beats by Dre, Reebok and Calvin Klein.

Kendrick’s Total Net Worth

Kendrick Lamar has earned estimated total career income of around $165 million dollars. He reportedly earned $60 million dollars in 2018 after The Damn Tour grossed $41.4 million and his music sales increased, along with his endorsement earnings. As Kendrick lives in the state of California, he will have had to pay around 50% in taxes on his career income. First, he will have been able to deduct about $20 million in business costs, the remainder, $145 million dollars, will have become $72.5 million dollars, having paid the same amount in taxes.

Kendrick Lamar married Whitney Alford in 2015 and they have two children. In his personal life, Kendrick has likely spent $8-9 million dollars of his career earnings but also probably possesses assets valued at around $2-5 million, not including investment assets. In his investments, he may have earned investment returns of around $20-30 million dollars. Lamar purchased a $9.7 million dollar property in Manhattan Beach, CA in an off-market deal in 2021. However, it is suspected that he has invested and earned far more from his investments in securities. Therefore, it is estimated that Kendrick Lamar has a net worth of around $95 million dollars.

Summing-Up

Kendrick Lamar discovered his true calling to be a rapper and lyricist. He was inspired by the late Tupac Shakur and Dr Dre who were his idols. He began working as a teenager and his determination, passion, and love for his craft have made him famous and rich. He has sold several copies across the world and has won multiple hip hop awards. Making him one of the biggest upcoming rappers of this generation.