<br /> California rapper Kendrick Lamar won the Pulitzer Prize for music on Monday for his album “DAMN.,”<br />Lamar, 30, is the first rapper to win the prestigious award. The Pulitzer follows the five Grammy awards won by Lamar in January for the album.<br />Previous Pulitzer music winners include jazz musicians Wynton Marsalis and Ornette Coleman.<br />Rap is now officially the biggest music genre in the United States after surpassing rock in 2017. <br />
