📄 Album
GNX
Compton to the world.
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["Grammy Award Album of the Year (2025)","Grammy Award Best Rap Album (2025)","Grammy Award Best Rap Song - Not Like Us (2025)","Grammy Award Record of the Year - Not Like Us (2025)"]
About
GNX is Kendrick Lamar's sixth studio album, released November 22, 2024 as a surprise drop with no prior announcement. Named after the Buick GNX muscle car, the album debuted at #1 globally and contains 'Not Like Us' — the diss track against Drake that became the best-selling rap song of 2024 with over 1.5 billion streams. Lamar's first album since Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (2022).
Trailer / Official Video
Credits & Contributors (5)
Music
Content & Writing
Production
Marketing & PR
Other
Music
SZA appears on multiple GNX tracks. Her ongoing creative partnership with Kendrick Lamar deepens on this album.
Content & Writing
Kendrick Lamar wrote, recorded, and produced GNX entirely in secret. The album's release with zero prior announcement was one of 2024's biggest cultural events.
Production
Dave Free co-produced GNX and managed the surprise release strategy alongside Kendrick via pgLang.
Marketing & PR
pgLang, Kendrick's creative company co-founded with Dave Free, co-produced GNX and managed its unprecedented surprise release strategy.
Other
Top Dawg Entertainment co-released GNX alongside pgLang and Interscope Records.