Watch Kendrick Lamar's performance

In his entrance, the American rapper and his dancers emerged from prison cells in chains and he proceeded to perform ‘The blacker the berry’.

After this his set transformed to a bonfire surrounded by tribal dancers and drummers as he performed ‘Alright’.

At the end of his performance, the rapper stood in front of a giant glowing map of Africa marked with the word “Compton.”

His politically-charged performance was praised by many on Twitter including Snoop Dogg, Justin Timberlake and Trevor Noah.

Even the White House gave him a shout out.

Lamar was one of the big winners at the awards; he went home with five awards.

The rapper won best rap album for "To Pimp A Butterfly; best rap song and rap performance for 'Alright'; best rap/sung collaboration for 'These Walls' and best music video, which he shared with Taylor Swift for 'Bad blood'.