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PEOPLE & ARTS Tuesday 17 april 2018

Commercial and critical darling Kendrick Lamar wins Pulitzer

By MESFIN FEKADU sic scene with the 2011 al- peared beaten, in hand-
NEW YORK (AP) — Kendrick bum "Section.80," he has cuffs, with chains around
Lamar won the Pulitzer Prize achieved the perfect mix his hands and bruises on his
for music Monday, making of commercial appeal and eyes as he delivered pow-
history as the first non-clas- critical respect. erful lyrics to the audience.
sical or jazz artist to win the The Pulitzer board has Lamar’s musical success
prestigious prize. awarded special honors to helped him win 12 Grammy
The revered rapper is also Bob Dylan, Duke Ellington, Awards, though all three
the most commercially suc- George Gershwin, Theloni- of his major-label albums
cessful musician to receive ous Monk, John Coltrane have lost in the top cate-
the award, usually reserved and Hank Williams, but a gory — album of the year.
for critically acclaimed popular figure like Lamar Each loss has been criti-
classical acts who don't live has never won the prize cized by the music com-
on the pop charts. for music. In 1997, Wynton munity, launching the con-
The 30-year-old won the Marsalis became the first versation about how the
prize for "DAMN.," his raw jazz act to win the Pulitzer Recording Academy might
and powerful Grammy- Prize for music. be out of touch. “DAMN.”
winning album. The Pulitzer That makes Lamar's win lost album of the year to
board said Monday the that much more important: In this Jan. 28, 2018 file photo, rapper Kendrick Lamar accepts Bruno Mars’ “24K Magic” in
the award for best rap album for "Damn" at the 60th annual
album is "a virtuosic song His platinum-selling major- Grammy Awards in New York. January.
collection unified by its ver- label albums — "good kid, Associated Press The rapper, born in Comp-
nacular authenticity and m.A.A.d city," ''To Pimp a ton, California, was hand-
rhythmic dynamism that Butterfly" and "DAMN." — jazz. He's also been a domi- high-profile police shoot- picked by “Black Panther”
offers affecting vignettes became works of art, with nator on the charts, having ings of minorities as the director Ryan Coogler to
capturing the complexity Lamar writing songs about achieved two dozen Top conversation about race curate an album to ac-
of modern African-Ameri- blackness, street life, police 40 hits, including a No. 1 relations dominates news company the ubiquitously
can life." He will win $15,000. brutality, perseverance, success with "Humble," and headlines. He brought of successful film, giving La-
Lamar has been lauded survival and self-worth. His he has even collaborated dose of seriousness to the mar yet again another No.
for his deep lyrical content, piercing and sharp raps with the likes of U2, Taylor 2015 BET Awards, rapping 1 effort and highly praised
politically charged live per- helped him become the Swift, Imagine Dragons, Ri- on top of a police car project.
formances, and his pro- voice of the generation, hanna and Beyonce. with a large American flag Du Yun, who won the mu-
found mix of hip-hop, spo- and easily ascend as the His music, with songs like waving behind him. At the sic Pulitzer last year for her
ken word, jazz, soul, funk, leader in hip-hop and cross "Alright" and "The Blacker 2016 Grammys, during his opera “Angel’s Bone,” said
poetry and African sounds. over to audiences outside the Berry," have become visual-stunning, show-stop- she was thrilled about La-
Since emerging on the mu- of rap, from rock to pop to anthems in the wake of ping performance, he ap- mar’s win.q

Hannity shares world view with Trump, and lawyer, too

By DAVID BAUDER the network and he runs matter between me and
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean neck-and-neck with MS- any third party," Hannity
Hannity shares a world NBC's Rachel Maddow as said.
view with President Donald the most popular on-air ca- During his live radio show,
Trump and on Monday it ble news personality. he seemed flustered that
was revealed, with some Monday's hearing before he was getting a steady
reluctance, that he shares U.S. District Court Judge stream of phone and email
a lawyer, too. Kimba Wood in New York messages about it.
The Fox News Channel was about what should "I don't think this is such a
prime-time host is Trump's happen to seized material big deal," he said. "Why do
most vocal defender on from Cohen. Cohen's law- you think the media is go-
television, and a week ago yers did not want to public- ing crazy on this?"
he was on the air criticizing ly reveal that Hannity was a CNN and MSNBC heavily
the FBI raid on the presi- client, but Wood said that covered the revelation. Fox
dent's personal attorney "I understand he doesn't did, too, but spent far less
Michael Cohen as evi- want his name out there, time on it Monday after-
dence that Special Coun- but that's not enough un- noon. Still, it was notewor-
sel Robert Mueller's "witch der the law." thy that on Fox's show "The
hunt" against the president Hannity said on his radio Five," panelist Juan Williams In this April 12, 2018 file photo, Fox News personality Sean Han-
nity attends The Hollywood Reporter's annual 35 Most Powerful
has become a runaway show that he had never said Hannity had some People in Media event in New York.
train. retained Cohen "in any tra- questions to answer. Associated Press
After it was revealed in a ditional sense," but that he "The question for me is, why
court hearing Monday that occasionally went to him Sean didn't disclose this It's not the first time Hannity Hannity's Fox show.
Cohen represented Hanni- with legal questions. While earlier," Williams said. and Trump have shared On his Fox show last Mon-
ty, Fox News did not imme- he said he had not paid Besides supporting Trump a lawyer, either. Hannity, day, Hannity said that the
diately say whether it knew Cohen, he believed their on his show, Hannity report- who said Monday that he Cohen raid represented
that ahead of time, or discussions were protected edly talks to the president had eight lawyers repre- a "dangerous phase" of
whether Hannity had any under attorney-client privi- regularly and, last week, senting him in various mat- Mueller's investigation "and
ethical obligation to reveal lege. He later tweeted that Trump even tweeted out ters, revealed last summer there is no turning back
that relationship to view- he mostly asked Cohen a promotion, telling his fol- on his radio show that he from this." He said earlier
ers. A threat to Hannity is a questions about legal mat- lowers that Hannity was had hired Trump attorney that day, on his radio show,
threat to Fox: His show is the ters. going to have a big show Jay Sekulow. Sekulow has that a sense of "mission
most-watched program on "It never, ever involved a coming up. been a frequent guest on creep" had developed.q