At the 67th Annual Grammy Awards on February 2, 2025, Kendrick Lamar took home five trophies, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “Not Like Us.” The ceremony was held at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The wins pushed his career total to 22 Grammys, according to Yahoo Entertainment, and put him among the top 15 most awarded artists in the awards’ history.
“Not Like Us” became the most awarded rap song the Grammys have recorded. It is also only the second rap song to win Record of the Year, after Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” in 2019.
The night itself
Lamar collected three awards at the pre-ceremony, Best Rap Performance among them, then won Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Video of the Year on the main stage, all for “Not Like Us.” Numero noted that no rap track had ever won five awards before.
One moment spread fast online. Beyoncé and Taylor Swift were seen dancing as Lamar accepted Record of the Year.
In his speech he spoke about Compton and thanked fans, collaborators and family, singling out DJ Mustard, the producer behind the song. “At the end of the day, nothing is more powerful than rap music. I don’t care what it is. We are the culture… respect the art form,” he said, and the crowd stood to applaud.
A second five-win night
Numero reports that Lamar won five Grammys again on February 1, 2026, this time for his sixth studio album, GNX, released without warning in 2024. The magazine says that haul broke Jay-Z’s record and made Lamar the most awarded rapper in the ceremony’s history.
GNX is a 12-track, 44-minute record named after the fastest American car of 1987. Jack Antonoff is credited on eleven of its twelve tracks. SZA appears on “Luther” and “Gloria,” and the album also features Roddy Ricch and the mariachi musician Deyra Barrera. Numero describes Lamar as 38 years old and a recently named Chanel ambassador.
Sources
- Kendrick Lamar makes history at the 2026 Grammy Awards
- Kendrick Lamar Makes History at the 2025 GRAMMYs with Five Wins, Including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “Not Like Us”
