Kendrick Lamar surprised fans by releasing a new album, “GNX,” Friday afternoon with no advance notice, the latest in a successful year for the rapper marked by his dramatic beef with Drake—which many say Lamar won—and his smash diss track “Not Like Us,

It's not at the level of his beef with Drake over the summer, but Kendrick Lamar has caught the attention of Lil Wayne after calling him out on a track

The rapper’s sixth studio album follows the success of a pair of tracks this year that were sparked by a war of words with Drake.