Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer win hailed as 'big for music'
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April 18, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) — The decision to award rapper Kendrick Lamar the Pulitzer Prize for music represents a historic moment for hip-hop and American music, according to two of the music jurors who picked the album "DAMN." as a finalist.
"It's big for hip-hop. I think it's big for our country. It's big for music. But it's big for the Pulitzers, too. Institutions are not stuck in time, either. Institutions can change," said Farah Jasmine Griffin, a Columbia professor.
Lamar's win on Monday made history as the first non-classical or non-jazz artist to win the prestigious prize since the Pulitzers inclu...
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