2012 was the year Kendrick Lamar stepped into the spotlight to claim the biggest-selling debut album (Good Kid, m.A.A.d City’), for any new artist in the US – selling over 240k copies in one week alone.

As well as being hailed as the new voice/face of West Coast hip hop from his peers and winning numerous accolades such as BET’scoveted ‘Hip Hop Lyricist of The Year’ Award. Simply put, Kendrick is the name on everyone’s lips.

Continuing his success into the New Year and following up his critically-acclaimed album, Kendrick recently re-released the fan favourite ‘Swimming Pools (Drank)’ produced by T-Minus, out now through Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records.