Ahead of his Super Bowl halftime show, a look at how the rapper has turned introspective rhymes into his own visual language.

Photo: pgLang The enthusiastic response to Kendrick Lamar’s music ... lyrically gifted MC of his generation but the griot of the Obama era and its discontents, whose songs have galvanized ...

A rivalry between two of the world’s biggest rappers has simmered for years, flaring up again in May thanks to multiple surprise tracks ...