Lupe Fiasco’s highly anticipated album, Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Part 1, is two weeks away from hitting stores. With some of the footage from this taken from Lupe Fiasco’s Rap Genius break down of “B***h Bad,” the Chicago rapper says that his album is a “challenge in psychological warfare,” and “to challenge your […]
Lupe Fiasco has been vocal about his lack of faith in our political system, and President Obama, but according to comedian D.L. Hughley the rapper’s disposition is dangerous. Fiasco, who has taken the commander in chief to task on more than one occasion, announced that he has no plans of voting in the forthcoming election. […]
Lupe Fiasco is not about beef, he’s about making amends. The Chicago native and youngster, Chief Keef, have had a storied dialogue on Twitter, but Fiasco still has love for the teenager. Keef is one of many artists that the “B-tch Bad” rapper has spoken on in recent weeks, and while he was critical of the […]
Chicago, resplendent with its towering skyline, has always battled with its reputation as a city plagued by corruption and crime. Just a short distance from the sparking downtown “Loop” area, the South and West sides of the Windy City show evidence of neighborhoods hit hard with poverty and gang culture. Atop the heap stands Chief […]
The fall out surrounding the murder of 18 year-old Chicago rapper and suspected gang member Lil Jojo is just getting started. After JoJo, born Joseph Coleman, was found dead on Tuesday, September 4th on Chicago’s South Side, some of his rivals, including rappers Chief Keef and Lil Reese, took to Twitter to comment on the […]
Lupe Fiasco‘s been going through a lot lately. He’s been gearing up to release his fourth album, Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1. Other than that, he got into a very public discussion with the controversial fellow Chicago Rapper, Chief Keef, that resulted in next to nothing. Lupe tried his hardest to […]
Although some may have scoffed at Lupe Fiasco declaring in a radio interview last week that rising rap star Chief Keef “scared him” as a result of the Chicago teen’s violent depiction of their shared hometown, a quick look at the staggering rise in the murder rate of Black and Hispanic teens due to gun […]
Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco has been getting a lot of media of late for his outspoken stances, including railing against negative song and video reviews and expressing weighty emotion when talking about the violence in his hometown. The latest buzz moment for the Lasers rapper was sparked by some pointed criticism for one of his […]
One of the year’s most anticipated rap albums, Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1, is ready to drop. Available for pre-order now on Amazon, Lupe Fiasco releases the tracklist for his fourth solo album under Atlantic Records. Last week, Hip-Hop Wired gave you an exclusive preview for most of this album, but […]
When November rolls around, Kendrick Lamar won’t be heading to a voting booth. As a matter of fact, he doesn’t believe in the idea of voting at all. The West Coast rapper was interviewed by Truth Is Scary TV (a “movement” aimed at unearthing the truth behind current events, and littered the 25-year-old with one random question […]
Lupe Fiasco has been injecting messages into his songs ever since his star turn with his smash debut single “Kick Push” back in 2006. With the latest video for “B-tch Bad,” the latest single from his forthcoming Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap album, Lupe is once again using music as a means to […]
Hip-Hop has had a dark cloud over it for the last 20 or so years: its use of the word “b-tch” in reference to women. Whenever anyone wants to lob criticism at Hip-Hop, its degradation of women always comes first. The word is the safety net for people that want to disregard any good the […]
