Kendrick Lamar took home five out of the eleven honors he was nominated for at the 2015 Grammy Awards on Monday night.
The rapper's accolades included Best Rap Album for To Pimp A Butterfly, Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for "Alright," Best Rap Sung Collaboration for "These Walls" (which features Bilal, Anna Wise and Thundercat), Best Music Video for Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood," which he's featured in.
As Lamar accepted his Grammy for Best Rap Album, he said "This is for hip-hop. This is for Snoop Dogg, Doggystyle, this is for Illmatic, this is for Nas. We will live forever—believe that."
During the night Lamar also gave an energetic performance of "Alright."
Lamar released his sophomore album, To Pimp A Butterfly, on March 15, 2015.
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