{"id":41674,"date":"2022-04-21T18:12:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T01:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=41674"},"modified":"2022-04-21T18:12:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T01:12:54","slug":"kendrick-lamar-set-to-return-to-music-by-announcing-a-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=41674","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar set to return to music by announcing a new album"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kendrick-Lamar.jpg?w=681&amp;h=383&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"806\" height=\"453\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rapper <strong>Kendrick Lamar<\/strong> is emerging from the shadows to give his fans the musical blessing they&#8217;ve been waiting years for. After a fan boldly tweeted an assumption that Lamar&#8217;s silence since his <strong>Superbowl<\/strong> appearance confirms that he has officially left the rap game, Kendrick responded with a cryptic quote tweet containing a link. For those who click the attached link, they will see a note appear that proves all speculation wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The following statement was released today by oklama, through his company pgLang at 11:00am PT in Los Angeles, CA:<\/p><p>Album: &#8216;Mr. Morale &amp; The Big Steppers&#8217;<\/p><p>Relese Date: 5\/13\/2022<\/p><p>All factual informationfor ths release will come directly from this source only<\/p><cite>oklama.com <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YVE5bZOBL2\">https:\/\/t.co\/YVE5bZOBL2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UywGGKExb1\">https:\/\/t.co\/UywGGKExb1<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kendrick Lamar (@kendricklamar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kendricklamar\/status\/1516114615477825537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Variety, the title of Lamar&#8217;s next album is &#8220;<strong><em>Mr. Morale &amp; The Big Steppers<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;, which is confirmed to drop on May 13th, just a few weeks away. <em>Mr. Morale &amp; The Big Steppers<\/em> marks the fifth studio album for the <em><strong>DAMN<\/strong><\/em> rapper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/music\/news\/kendrick-lamar-new-album-mr-morale-big-steppers-may-1235234693\/\">Variety<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nThe Pulitzer prize winner makes an unexpected yet bold comeback with a new album announcement!\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=41674\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Kendrick Lamar set to return to music by announcing a new album&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":41675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[3705,492],"class_list":["post-41674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-kendrick-lamar","tag-music","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kendrick Lamar set to return to music by announcing a new album - The Cultured Nerd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=41674\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kendrick Lamar set to return to music by announcing a new album - The Cultured Nerd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Pulitzer prize winner makes an unexpected yet bold comeback with a new album announcement! 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