Sep 12, 2017 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar "Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987)[2] is an American rapper and songwriter." close thread
Sep 12, 2017 not quite, wikipedia is not accepted as a viable source in academic studies, so i propose more research on the subject.
Sep 12, 2017 Drake is doing pop tracks. Pop as in genre, not just popular music. By that logic Metallica was pop.
Sep 12, 2017 pop artist as in doing pop music (genre) not a few popular tracks. There is a difference
Sep 12, 2017 Pop music is radio friendly pop songs Kendrick makes that, like swimming pools or loyalty
Sep 12, 2017 What constitutes as a pop song? The term is constantly evolving with EDM and rap becoming becoming part of the pop sound instead of the rock sound it had earlier
Sep 12, 2017 Kendrick makes radio friendly music and rap is the biggest genre at the moment, so of course Kendrick is a pop artist along with other rappers like Drake and Eminem
Sep 12, 2017 Maybe I'm oldschool but pop as a genre is something sounding like Madonna, Katy Perry etc Of course a few songs from different genres can get popular without being part of the pop genre or making the artists pop artists. In example Metallica, Skrillex or whatever. Honestly this whole discussion resolves when we define what pop is. Is it a genre or whatever is popular at the moment? For me it's the former, but it might be just me.