Rapper Kendrick Lamar was the first non -classic musician who received the Pulitzer Prize

The American rapper Kendrick Lamar was the first non -classic or jazz performer awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize. The jury noted the last album of the musician "Damn.", Which last summer was certified by the Recording Industry Association of America in a double platinum status.

On the official website of the Lamara album, it is called "a virtuoso collection of songs, united by sincerity of the common language and rhythmic dynamics, giving impressive sketches of many components of modern life of African American."

The announcement of the winners of the Pulitzer Prize was held at the Journalism School of Colombian University in New York. The award is awarded in 21 categories: in addition to journalists, the jury also noted the authors of literary and musical works.

In the nomination "Fiction" the award received the novel by the American writer Andrew Sean Grire "Less". The Book of Half-Light to the American poet Frank Bidarta was awarded the prestigious prize in the poetry nomination.

New York Times and Washington Post received the Pulitzer Prize for covering the scandal around the unofficial contacts of members of the US President Donald Trump, who won the 2016 elections, with the Russian authorities.

The American editions of the New York Times and New Yorker became laureates for journalistic investigations about Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein , accused of numerous sexual harassment. It was on the pages of these newspapers that the victims of harassment for the first time spoke about their experience of communication with Weinstein.