Fans have been waiting for ace rapper Kendrick Lamar’s new album for what feels like forever. On Monday, the wait came to an end after the rapper sneakily announced the release of his upcoming album through a simple tweet. Lamar simply retweeted an old tweet that said, “Kendrick Lamar is officially retired” and linked his new website oklama.com as a response. The website opens with a new folder that has a simple press release that mentions Lamar’s new album named ‘Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers’ will be out on May 13, 2022. The press note ends with the words “Thank you for your patience”. — Kendrick Lamar (@kendricklamar) April 18, 2022 i brought kendrick lamar out of retirement — SK⚡️ (@raptalksk) April 18, 2022 This was enough to put his fans in frenzied excitement and soon Lamar began trending on Twitter. It’s time for a new Kendrick Lamar album?! pic.twitter.com/IKb7Z83DnJ — Ronald Isley (@yoyotrav) April 18, 2022 ITS HAPPENING — AXE (@AXE) April 18, 2022 Frank Ocean fans sitting in the album waiting room after watching the Kendrick Lamar fans leave pic.twitter.com/jwAiDTmEZ5 — First Class Seezy (@slungubane_) April 18, 2022 Thank you Brockhampton for sacrificing your careers, so that Kendrick Lamar can give us another album 🙏🏾. — Dedee 🥀 (@thoughtfulbae) April 18, 2022 Kendrick Lamar’s last 3 album’s release dates are all exactly a month forward and a day back: March 15: To Pimp a Butterfly April 14: DAMN. May 13: Mr. Morale & The Big Stepper@kendricklamar pic.twitter.com/NwoYMxlekT — KENDRICK LAMAR BIBLE (@dakendrickbible) April 19, 2022 WoW Kendrick Lamar hinting his album release next month through someone’s tweet is just golden bro. Either way can’t wait 👏🏾. Hoping Pusha T & Andre 3000 will both feature on the album 👏🏾… — Abila the Sultan ⚜️ 🇿🇲 (@AbilaMalinga) April 19, 2022 Kendrick Lamar album already got 15,000 “dissection” thinkpieces about it and it’s not even out yet — King Wow (@wowthatshiphop) April 18, 2022 What if Kendrick Lamar surprises us with a Andre 3000 song. Please god make it happen. — MOON (@iimoooona) April 18, 2022 Kendrick Lamar is dropping a new album on the 13th of May. Long time coming 🔥 — Dami’ Adenuga (@DAMIADENUGA) April 18, 2022 The announcement was also made official when the songwriter-rapper posted the same press note on his Instagram. His Instagram post has gathered 17 lakh likes in just 11 hours, while his announcement tweet has 4.6 lakh likes. Lamar’s last album called DAMN was released on April 14, 2017, amidst much commercial and critical acclaim. In his almost two-decade-long career Lamar has won 14 Grammy awards. In 2018, he won the Pulitzer Prize in music for his album DAMN. Lamar’s music, which can be described as hip hop and progressive rap, often revolves around the themes of self-discovery, spirituality, racial inequality, and his personal struggles with depression. On August 20, 2021, Lamar announced that his upcoming album will be his last one with Top Dawg Entertainment, which has released all his projects so far.
