 Kendrick Lamar becomes the first rapper to win Pulitzer. Just as we were still basking in Bechela Glory, Kendrick Lamar was announced as a recipient of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his award-winning album Damn. The announcement was made on social media late on Monday night, making Kendrick the first rapper to ever be awarded with the prestigious honor. Although Kendrick hasn't taken his celebration to social media yet, people, especially black people, all over the world have sent congratulatory messages and expressed how proud they are of the rapper. In the album Damn, Kendrick speaks about issues such as police brutality, racism, and survival for black people. This is happening right after Beyonce went and had Coachella renamed after her and Black Panther has made more money than Titanic. Meanwhile all of us feel like we also won because hashtag Black Lives Matter, because hashtag black people hear magic and also hashtag Wakanda forever.