{"id":1061262,"date":"2022-04-19T06:20:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T06:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/19\/kendrick-lamar-chooses-a-shade-tweet-to-announce-new-album-fans-are-over-the-moon\/"},"modified":"2022-04-19T06:20:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T06:20:02","slug":"kendrick-lamar-chooses-a-shade-tweet-to-announce-new-album-fans-are-over-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/19\/kendrick-lamar-chooses-a-shade-tweet-to-announce-new-album-fans-are-over-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar chooses a shade tweet to announce new album, fans are over the moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Fans have been waiting for ace rapper Kendrick Lamar\u2019s new album for what feels like forever.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>On Monday, the wait came to an end after the rapper sneakily announced the release of his upcoming album through a simple tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Lamar simply retweeted an old tweet that said, \u201cKendrick Lamar is officially retired\u201d and linked his new website\u00a0oklama.com\u00a0as a response. The website opens with a new folder that has a simple press release that mentions Lamar\u2019s new album named \u2018Mr. Morale &amp; the Big Steppers\u2019 will be out on May 13, 2022. The press note ends with the words \u201cThank you for your patience\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">https:\/\/t.co\/YVE5bZOBL2 https:\/\/t.co\/UywGGKExb1<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kendrick Lamar (@kendricklamar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kendricklamar\/status\/1516114615477825537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">i brought kendrick lamar out of retirement<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SK\u26a1\ufe0f (@raptalksk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/raptalksk\/status\/1516117924381138954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This was enough to put his fans in frenzied excitement and soon Lamar began trending on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s time for a new Kendrick Lamar album?! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IKb7Z83DnJ\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/IKb7Z83DnJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ronald Isley (@yoyotrav) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yoyotrav\/status\/1516115001156767744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ITS HAPPENING<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AXE (@AXE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AXE\/status\/1516115295483707401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Frank Ocean fans sitting in the album waiting room after watching the Kendrick Lamar fans leave <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jwAiDTmEZ5\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/jwAiDTmEZ5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 First Class Seezy (@slungubane_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/slungubane_\/status\/1516139375737851905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thank you Brockhampton for sacrificing your careers, so that Kendrick Lamar can give us another album \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dedee \ud83e\udd40 (@thoughtfulbae) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thoughtfulbae\/status\/1516134333199056896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kendrick Lamar\u2019s last 3 album\u2019s release dates are all exactly a month forward and a day back:<\/p>\n<p>March 15: To Pimp a Butterfly<br \/>April 14: DAMN.<br \/>May 13: Mr. Morale &amp; The Big Stepper<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kendricklamar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@kendricklamar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NwoYMxlekT\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/NwoYMxlekT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KENDRICK LAMAR BIBLE (@dakendrickbible) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dakendrickbible\/status\/1516274593795035138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WoW Kendrick Lamar hinting his album release next month through someone\u2019s tweet is just golden bro. Either way can\u2019t wait \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffe. Hoping Pusha T &amp; Andre 3000 will both feature on the album \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffe\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Abila the Sultan \u269c\ufe0f \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\uddf2 (@AbilaMalinga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AbilaMalinga\/status\/1516291842702286850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kendrick Lamar album already got 15,000 \u201cdissection\u201d thinkpieces about it and it\u2019s not even out yet<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 King Wow (@wowthatshiphop) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wowthatshiphop\/status\/1516131209604059138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What if Kendrick Lamar surprises us with a Andre 3000 song. Please god make it happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MOON (@iimoooona) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iimoooona\/status\/1516127594671972357?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kendrick Lamar is dropping a new album on the 13th of May. Long time coming \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dami\u2019 Adenuga (@DAMIADENUGA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DAMIADENUGA\/status\/1516122658215436290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The announcement was also made official when the songwriter-rapper posted the same press note on his Instagram. His Instagram post has gathered 17 lakh likes in just 11 hours, while his announcement tweet has 4.6 lakh likes.<\/p>\n<p>Lamar\u2019s last album called\u00a0<i>DAMN\u00a0<\/i>was released on April 14, 2017, amidst much commercial and critical acclaim. In his almost two-decade-long career Lamar has won 14 Grammy awards. In 2018, he won the <strong>Pulitzer Prize in music<\/strong> for his album\u00a0<i>DAMN<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Lamar\u2019s music, which can be described as hip hop and progressive rap, often revolves around the themes of self-discovery, spirituality, racial inequality, and his personal struggles with depression.<\/p>\n<p>On August 20, 2021, Lamar announced that his upcoming album will be his last one with Top Dawg Entertainment, which has released all his projects so far.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '444470064056909');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans have been waiting for ace rapper Kendrick Lamar\u2019s new album for what feels like forever. On Monday, the wait came to an end after the rapper sneakily announced the release of his upcoming album through a simple tweet. Lamar simply retweeted an old tweet that said, \u201cKendrick Lamar is officially retired\u201d and linked his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1061263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7814],"tags":[8334,456,8335,15,8336,8337,7204,1160,135],"class_list":["post-1061262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-social-media","tag-album","tag-announce","tag-chooses","tag-fans","tag-kendrick","tag-lamar","tag-moon","tag-shade","tag-tweet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1061262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1061262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1061262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1061262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}