With a clean sweep in all nominated categories, Kendrick Lamar’s hit song “Not Like Us” won five awards at the 2025 Grammy Awards despite the song being shrouded in controversy.
K-Dot came into the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday (Feb. 2), with 17 career wins. The Compton, California rapper significantly added to that total as his chart-topping 2024 single “Not Like Us” won five awards out of five nominations.
The L.A. anthem won in the categories of Best Rap Song, Best Rap Performance, Best Music Video Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
His scathing diss track aimed at Drake locked down the first three wins at a premiere ceremony before the start of music’s biggest night.
The pre-show found the song’s producer, Mustard, accepting golden gramophones for “Not Like Us” in the Best Rap Song, Best Rap Performance and Best Music Video on Kendrick’s behalf.
As the awards ceremony began to wind down, pop superstar Miley Cyrus announced that “Not Like Us” was voted in by the Recording Academy as Record of the Year.
Without having been shown on camera at any other point of the evening, Kendrick Lamar himself took the stage to accept the award with Mustard in tow.
After acknowledging his aunt Sharon, who had recently passed, and shouting out West Coast icon Dr. Dre, Kendrick dedicated his big win to his home city of Los Angeles.
Source: XXL
