With the addition of yet another platinum plaque to his increasing collection, Kendrick Lamar is positioning himself for what is expected to be a banner year for the Compton superstar.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) officially certified Kendrick's "Family Ties" duet with Baby Keem as platinum on Monday (January 31), after the song's sales in the United States surpassed one million units in the country.
Including 23 platinum or multi-platinum tracks and three albums that have surpassed one million sales, the TDE rapper now boasts a total of 26 platinum plaques to his credit.
Family Ties
With the help of "Family Ties," taken from Baby Keem's upcoming debut album "The Melodic Blue", the song reached No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Family Ties" is Keem's biggest single to date and Kendrick Lamar's highest-charting song since 2018.
The triple-sided single, which features a fiery final verse from Kendrick Lamar has been nominated for two Grammy awards at the upcoming 2022 Grammy Awards, including Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance.
Baby Keem is also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
Aside from the RIAA-certified platinum feat, it seemed like fans will be expecting a new single from Kdot before his Super Bowl Halftime performance debut with Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, and Mary J. Blige.
Kendrick's new song?
For over five years, fans of the well-known lyricist have been anticipating the release of a new studio album.
It looks that K-Dot will begin rolling out his LP in the following weeks.
Insiders have told Billboard that a new song from the Compton, California rapper will be released on either February 4 or 11, 2022.
Top Dawg Entertainment has also announced that Kendrick will release his last album on the label, which he has called home since the mid-2000s.
The project proceeds his 2017's Pulitzer Prize-winning "DAMN". It will be his final release on the company.
Kdot leaving Top Dawg
Top Dawg Entertainment CEO Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith has signed Kendrick's departure at the label.
Tiffith said that Lamar's album with them is "more of a VICTORY LAP and a celebration" in a statement.
He also expressed his "full support on the Grammy-award winner artist as he knows that Kdot will be "successful in whatever it is he decides to do".
Top Dawg Entertainment, thru Tiffith, promised that they would continue to grow, develop and give artists the platform to expand into whatever way they choose.
