(NewsNation) — Kendrick Lamar has become a well-known name across the world, with the rapper selling over 70 million records in the United States in his career. But how much is Lamar worth, and how has he earned his wealth?
Celebrity Net Worth reports that Lamar’s net worth is $140 million, making him one of the highest-paid rappers alongside Drake, with whom he recently had a feud. That feud created several diss tracks with one of them, “Not Like Us,” winning Song of the Year, Best Rap Song, Best Music Video and Best Rap Performance at the 2025 Grammy Awards.
Lamar also won Record of the Year and a Pulitzer Prize for his album “DAMN.” Three of Lamar’s albums were also listed in Rolling Stone’s ranking of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2020.
Kendrick Lamar’s music career started with a high school mixtape
Lamar released his first mixtape while he was in high school, and he gained the attention of local record labels. In the early 2000s, he ended up signing with Top Dawg Entertainment and releasing another mixtape.
His music career took off after appearing in a music video for “All My Life (in the Ghetto)” by Jay Rock and co-signing with fellow rapper Lil Wayne. After signing with Wayne, he started going by Kendrick Lamar instead of K. Dot.
Kendrick Lamar performs during halftime of the 2025 NFL Super Bowl game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. 
Kendrick Lamar performs during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) 
Kendrick Lamar performs during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) 
Kendrick Lamar performs during the Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park on October 1, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Erika Goldring/FilmMagic) 
Kendrick Lamar performs in the Pepsi Halftime Show during the NFL Super Bowl LVI football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams on February 13, 2022. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images) 
Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show performer Kendrick Lamar smiles during a news conference, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Matt York) 
Kendrick Lamar poses in the press room during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) 
Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during The Pop Out – Ken & Friends Presented by pgLang and Free Lunch at The Kia Forum on June 19, 2024. (Photo by Timothy Norris/Getty Images for pgLang, Amazon Music, & Free Lunch) 
Kendrick Lamar performs at the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Sunday, June 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Scott Garfitt)
Lamar’s first major studio album came in 2012 and was named “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City.” It sold over 1.1 million copies in the United States and reached No. 1 on the U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop chart and No. 2 on the “Billboard 200.”
The rapper has earned many awards in his career, including 22 Grammys, and went from earning $9 million in 2013 to $40 million in 2024.
Kendrick Lamar’s real estate
Lamar first purchased a home in 2013 in Eastvale, California, for $523,400. Since then, he has purchased five other properties, most of which are in California. The rapper has also purchased:
- A $2.65 million mansion in Calabasas in 2017
- A $9.7 million home in Manhattan Beach, California, in 2019
- A $16 million mansion in Bel Air in 2022
- An $8.6 million four-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn, New York, in 2023
- A $40 million home in Los Angeles in 2024