During his recent Spilt Milk festival performance in Australia, Kendrick Lamar paused his show to sing “Happy Birthday” to 9-year-old fan Kalina Fowler, who had been shouting about her birthday from atop her grandfather’s shoulders. The heartfelt moment was captured on fan-shot video, with Lamar leading the crowd in singing before gifting Kalina a signed pgLang hat, which she treasures as “priceless” and vows to “keep it for the rest of my life.” “She was official from the start, but now she’s super-duper official,” Lamar said of his young fan after giving her the coveted souvenir. “It was the funnest time ever — my first ever concert,” Fowler told ABC News in Australia. This special interaction capped a milestone year for Lamar, who headlined the Super Bowl Halftime Show, won five Grammys, completed a record-breaking Grand National Tour with SZA, and earned nine Grammy nominations ahead of the 2026 ceremony. (Billboard)
