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On tonight's Grammy Awards, Kendrick Lamar performed "The Blacker the Berry" and "Alright" off his album To Pimp a Butterfly, before debuting a new track. Watch it below. He entered shackled in chains, inside a prison stage set, and performed "Blacker." For "Alright," the stage transformed into an African-themed set. After Kendrick finished the new track, the performance ended with an image of the outline of the African continent, with the word "COMPTON" written on it. Don Cheadle introduced the performance. Kendrick was up for 11 nominations this year for his own work and collaborations with other artists including Kanye West, Flying Lotus, and Taylor Swift. Thus far, he's won Best Rap Song, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, Best Music Video, and Best Rap Album. He's also up for Album of the Year. Keep track of Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy winnings with our running tally here.

Speaking with Billboard before the show, Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich said:

Kendrick came to us and said that we live in a time where these issues confront us every day and that it’s important that they be given a public forum, and he would like to use his x number of minutes to create a great performance that is consistent with his this year. It is overtly political and it is overtly provocative, and I think if nothing else it’s going to give people something to think about and talk about.

Last year, Kendrick performed "Alright" at the BET Awards while standing on top of a vandalized police car, which drew outrage from conservative pundits.

Read our Pitch piece, "On Kendrick Lamar and Black Humanity."

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Watch Kendrick perform "Fuck Your Ethnicity" at Pitchfork Music Festival 2012: