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From 2003 to 2012, Kendrick Lamar can be considered as an independent artist.
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Recorded as K-Dot.
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Lamar secure a recording contract with TDE, a newly founded local indie record label, based in Carson, California
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Lamar released twenty-six track mixtape titled Training Day
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Third mixtape, recorded with Jay Rock.
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Last mixtape as K-Dot.
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First release as Kendrick Lamar (birthname)
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Fourth mixtape. First charted release. (#72 - Billboard 200)
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Debut studio album. As of January 2015 the album has sold 578,000 copies.
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Top Dawg Entertainment closed a joint venture deal with Interscope Records and Aftermath Entertainment, marking the end of Lamar's career as an independent artist.
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In March 2012, Top Dawg Entertainment closed a joint venture deal with Interscope Records and Aftermath Entertainment, marking the end of Lamar's career as an independent artist.
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First major label album and second studio album. It was named the best album of 2012 by BBC, Complex, Fact, New York, and Pitchfork Media. The album was also ranked number two by Billboard, the Chicago Tribune, MTV, Spin, and Time, number four by Filter, Jon Pareles of The New York Times, and Ann Powers of NPR, number five by The Guardian, number six by Rolling Stone, and number eight by Entertainment Weekly.
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Non-album single. First Grammy awards for Lamar (Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song)
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Third studio album is scheduled to be released on March 23, 2015.
