The Pulitzer Prize is one of the top awards for reporting and the arts in the United States. The 2018 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced earlier this week. Among them was rapper Kendrick Lamar. He is the first musician who is not a classical or jazz artist to win the award. He will win $15,000. Lamar, 30, earned the Pulitzer for his record album “DAMN.” Judges said the album shows Lamar is an expert in music, rhythm, storytelling, and the complexity of modern African-American life. His music has been praised for combining hip-hop, poetry, jazz, soul, funk, and African sounds. And his works discuss issues such as blackness, street life, survival, and self-worth. Lamar is an unusual winner because he is a popular artist and well known to many Americans. He has already won 12 Grammy Awards from the music industry.
Title: Rapper Kendrick Lamar Makes History by Winning Pulitzer Prize
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2513/Untitled.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title=' Rapper Kendrick Lamar Makes History by Winning Pulitzer Prize' data-article-id='3043'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7583'>The Pulitzer Prize is one of the top awards for reporting and the arts in the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='7583' data-end-time='13625'>The 2018 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced earlier this week.</span> <span data-start-time='13625' data-end-time='17750'>Among them was rapper Kendrick Lamar. </span> <span data-start-time='17750' data-end-time='25042'>He is the first musician who is not a classical or jazz artist to win the award.</span> <span data-start-time='25042' data-end-time='28896'>He will win $15,000.</span> <span data-start-time='28896' data-end-time='35125'>Lamar, 30, earned the Pulitzer for his record album “DAMN.”</span> <span data-start-time='35125' data-end-time='48083'>Judges said the album shows Lamar is an expert in music, rhythm, storytelling, and the complexity of modern African-American life.</span> <span data-start-time='48083' data-end-time='59417'>His music has been praised for combining hip-hop, poetry, jazz, soul, funk, and African sounds.</span> <span data-start-time='59417' data-end-time='68146'>And his works discuss issues such as blackness, street life, survival, and self-worth.</span> <span data-start-time='68146' data-end-time='75833'>Lamar is an unusual winner because he is a popular artist and well known to many Americans.</span> <span data-start-time='75833' data-end-time='81000'>He has already won 12 Grammy Awards from the music industry.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2513/D2BC4008-98E4-4E76-94C5-7B2F51DED9FD_w1023_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=10616 data-hint-location='35125' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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