Kendrick Lamar's sixth studio album, GNX, was surprise-release in November 2024, marking his first record released via his label pgLang, outside the umbrella of Top Dawg Entertainment.

Commercial success

• GNX debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

• It became Kendrick Lamar's fourth consecutive studio album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

• The album achieved an unprecedented 22nd week at No. 1 on Top Rap Albums, surpassing Pop Smoke’s Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon.

Cultural impact

• GNX won Album of the Year at the 2025 BET Awards.

• Kendrick Lamar and SZA announced the 'Grand National' North American stadium tour in 2025.

• Kendrick performed hits from the album at his Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show at Super Bowl LVI.

Critical response

• Pitchfork described GNX as a "victory lap on a Möbius strip, blending the man-on-a-mission intensity that powered him through his duel with Drake with a homage to the West Coast." Read full review

• Variety called GNX "a meticulous, versatile, hard-hitting masterpiece," stating it "indisputably reaffirms his status as the most dynamic spitter the world has to offer." Read full review

• The Los Angeles Times found GNX "exhilarating," noting Lamar's "writing and rapping... as razor-sharp as they were in the brutal diss tracks he released one after another." Read full review