{"id":87302,"date":"2026-08-31T20:27:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/kendrick-lamar-named-bmis-rb-hip-hop-songwriter-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T20:27:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:27:46","slug":"kendrick-lamar-named-bmis-rb-hip-hop-songwriter-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/kendrick-lamar-named-bmis-rb-hip-hop-songwriter-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar Named BMI&#8217;s R&#038;B\/Hip-Hop Songwriter of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/kendrick-lamar\" target=\"_blank\">Kendrick Lamar<\/a> has been crowned R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songwriter of the Year by music publishing organization, BMI.  <\/p>\n<p>The 2026 BMI R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Awards were held in Los Angeles last Wednesday (Aug. 26), where K-Dot was honored with the aforementioned award for co-writing six of the previous year&#8217;s most-performed songs. 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