During the five-year hiatus between studio albums, Kendrick Lamar effectively disappeared from the public eye — at least in the (solo) music department.
After dropping back-to-back projects in 2017 and 2018 — his fourth studio album ("Damn") and the Oscar-nominated soundtrack for "Black Panther" — Lamar (mostly) stepped away from the mic and directed his focus elsewhere.
With his long-awaited fifth studio album coming out Friday, here's a look at what the 14-time Grammy winner has been up to for the past few years.
