Throughout his rap career Lupe Fiasco has been known to go through one identity crisis after another. In his pre-Food & Liquor days he was more interested in doing his impression of a “gangsta rapper” (look it up if you don’t believe us), then he went to “backpack rap,” and now that he’s growing his […]
Lupe Fiasco returned to The Breakfast Club this morning with Charlemagne Tha God, DJ Envy and Angela Yee. The day after his moving interview on MTV RapFix, Wasulu loosens up a little more when he talks with the crew about growing out his dreads and why he decided to do it. Lupe also mentions that after he […]
Yesterday, while on the set of MTV’s Rap Fix, Lupe Fiasco shed real tears. Host Sway Calloway took it back by showing footage of MTV’s 2006 special My Block: Chicago, which Lupe was featured in. After viewing the clip, the “B-tch Bad” rapper was clearly emotional after seeing so many friends in the clip that […]
No matter what you my assume about Lupe Fiasco, he is a rappin’ @$$ rapper. Wasulu visited the kingpin, Funkmaster Flex’s show last night and spoke on his incident with Pete Rock, guest blogging for InFlexWeTrust.com, and more. After talking about all of that, Lupe got busy over Artifacts’ “Wrong Side Of The Tracks.” These […]
It’s not like Lupe Fiasco has never been an MC to speak his mind, honestly. While chatting with Jenny Boom Boom on Hot 93.7’s the Hot Afternoon Show, the “Paris Tokyo” rapper wasn’t all too excited about 2 Chainz’s just released “Birthday Song” single, which features his fellow Chi-Town rap buddy Kanye West. “For me, […]
Lupe Fiasco recently took his talents to South Beach, Miami for the video shoot to his next single “B***h Bad.” This single, which will be featured on Lupe Fiasco’s next album Food & Liqour 2: The Great American Rap Album, is a different type of ode to the ladies for a different type of rapper in Lupe […]
After just dropping the very necessary “B-tch Bad”—a lyrical commentary on the impact the lax use of the B-word can have on the youth—Lupe Fiasco now comes through with the video for “Around My Way (Freedom Ain’t Free).” The controversial song, at least to Pete Rock, is the lead single from the Chicago rapper’s forthcoming […]
It seems like Lupe Fiasco’s new album, Food & Liquor 2, will be arriving without the delays and protests his previous project, 2011’s Lasers, went through. The MC born Wasalu Muhammad Jaco revealed that the next single, and artwork (see below) for his upcoming double album will be called “B-tch Bad.”
Killer Mike is one of Hip-Hop’s most intelligent and insightful minds. The Atlanta rapper exposed his knack critical thinking during a visit to Green Lantern’s Invasion Radio when explaining how both Waka Flocka Flame and Lupe Fiasco can be damaging to Hip-Hop. While discussing Mike’s new album, R.A.P. Music, the topic moved to the extremes […]
Hate him or love him, we can all agree Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco in one talented and genuinely interesting artist. GQ Magazine caught up with the “Dumb It Down” MC to talk about his “10 essentials.” Some of them included:
Lupe Fiasco was named a Vans OTW Advocate earlier this year and in its latest video the Chicago MC talks about the the origins of the lessons he’s taken and applied to his craft. One of rapper’s more important inspirations turns out to be renowned Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. “One of my biggest theories that […]
Lupe Fiasco has honed in on a fall release date for his Food & Liquor 2: Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 project. The Chicago rapper announced the news via his Facebook page. Fiasco also previewed the record for his label, Atlantic Records, and it appears that he and his imprint are back on solid […]
