Kendrick Lamar finally announces his awaited follow-up to Damn.
The rapper's first album since 2017 arrives in May

In the Super Bowl commercial for the halftime performance, every artist who performed got their own montage; with the one for Kendrick Lamar featuring the rapper hard at work writing songs. It seemed to be a hint that perhaps his follow-up to 2017's critically-acclaimed DAMN. was upon us. That turned out to be true. After a fan jokingly tweeted “Kendrick Lamar has officially retired,” the rapper quote-tweeted the fan with a link to a site announcing new material.
The minimalist site features two folders: an unlabeled black one, and a yellow one labeled as “nu thoughts.” When you click the black one, it leads to a press release that reads:
Los Angeles, CA. (April 18, 2022) – The following statement was released today by oklama, through his company pgLang at 11:00am PT in Los Angeles, CA:
Album: “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers”
Release date: 5/13/2022
All factual information for this release will come directly from this source only.
The yellow folder leads to a statement written by Lamar that gives wider insight into the next era. It says: