Sway in the Morning has allegedly made history as the staging grounds for Lupe Fiasco’s last radio interview. Whether he goes on to renig on said promise is possibly a safe assumption, but if it is the last hurrah, the enlightened MC went out with a bang with plenty of jewels in the nearly hour-long sitdown.
In a recent interview with Hip-Hop Wired, the Chicago rap star explain in detail why Tetsuo & Youth sounded the way it does and who it was made for.
Sway & Co. left no stone unturned and Lupe answered almost everything hurled his way. Check out the best quotes that address beef and its broth.
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Photo: Sway In The Morning
Photos: WENN
On Kid Cudi & Azalea Banks
“F*ck him. F*ck her too. [Cudi] one of the worst type of n***a. If I see this n***a, I’m going to try to snatch his teeth out. So yo, Cudi, let’s settle this before I f*ck you up.”
Photo: Instagram/Lupe Fiasco
On Being Misunderstood By His Peers
“If you hopped off the Lupe timeline…like if you stopped at a certain album, you’re not going to get it. [It’s like] if you walked out of the movie and come back in because you had to go the bathroom, you miss something…”
On Taking Blame In His Riffs
“Either I didn’t have nothing to [do with it], I didn’t do it or n****s not keeping it 100 on they’re side on what happened and just leaving me out to wolves. So I don’t owe none of these n****s an apology.”
On Reviews & First Week Sales
“Most masterpieces that we look at museums…they were hated and rejected when they first made. A lot of these artists passed away; died and it took hundreds of years before they were recognized for their work.”
On Validation In Hip-Hop
“If we can’t embrace everybody no matter who they are or what color they are, then we’re doing the same thing that was done to us [Black Hip-Hop artists].”
On His Legacy
“I never put bullsh*t in the game. If you go through my whole history it’s all about empowering; showing balance; getting you to think. I never hit you with dumb bullsh*t, so I’m proud of that.”
Photo: SIPA/WENN.com
On President Obama Beef
“People trip on if I have something against Obama. I met Obama before all of y’all…he just don’t remember. But who I love, is Cornell West. Who helped the man get elected. And what people don’t know is, Obama sh*tted on Cornell. Google “Cornell West criticizing the president.” Because Obama leaned over and told him some crazy sh*t. And Cornell told me and I was like, “He did what? I’m riding with you. So I’m not apologizing for none of that sh*t.”
Photo: Twitter
“On Actually Responding To Followers & Drama”
“Because it’s Twitter! It’s called ‘The Reply!'”
On Cultural Appropiation
“What would you rather have? A nice life with no, Hip-Hop or some f****d sh*t with n****s rapping on the corner?”
On Chi-Raq
“I don’t speak to the Chi-Raq piece.”
Because, trouble.
