While many of us may feel, by now, like we know a bit too much about the 37-year-old rapper, thanks to his ongoing beef with Drake, Lamar’s longtime partner, Whitney Alford, has managed to stay mostly out of the spotlight. (Well, minus her recent cameo in the video for “Not Like Us.”)

Kendrick Lamar is arguably the biggest rapper of his generation. While his contribution to the music industry is widely known, his personal life—particularly his relationship with high school sweetheart,