Despite having released his album good kid, m.A.A.d city twelve months ago, 2013 has been a breakthrough sort of year for Kendrick Lamar, topping it off now by being named “Rapper of the Year” by GQ.

Having blown basically all peers away with his “Control” verse, as well as a starring role on Pusha T’s recent LP, the Compton native has now been heralded as the most influential man in hip-hop at the moment. We wonder what Kanye has to say about it.

Read the magazine’s feature on Lamar here and watch him freestyle for GQ beneath:

[via CoS]