It’s been a big month for the global leader in music streaming: Three weeks after going public via a direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange, Spotify held an event today (April 24) at Manhattan’s Gramercy Theater to unveil upgrades and improvements to the free, ad-supported tier of its streaming service. During an hour-long presentation, Spotify’s chief R&D officer Gustav Söderström, vp product development Babar Zafar and global head of creator services Troy Carter outl

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Kendrick Lamar in 2015. The rapper was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music. Mike Pont/Getty Images Since (at least) the release of good kid, m.A.A.d. city in 2012, the singularity of Kendrick Lamar has been plainly evident. But with the Pulitzer Prize in Music for 2018 being given to the Compton rapper for his 2017 album DAMN., his exceptionalism is now officially historic: It's the first time in the prize's history that it has been given to an artist outside of the cla