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Lupe Fiasco Talks Tony How Pro Skater & Not Being An OG
Don’t call Lupe Fiasco an OG. At a youthful 43 years old, the “Kick Push” rapper is still keeping busy like a neophyte, on this night in Los Angeles headlining the announcement of Activision’s Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3+4 (THPS), the genre-defining skateboarding game coming to your (latest) gaming system of choice on July 11. […]
Lupe Fiasco Explains Why Child Rebel Soldier Supergroup Didn’t Happen
Lupe Fiasco sat down with Donwill of The Almanac of Rap and explained why the Child Rebel Soldier supergroup didn't come out.
Lupe Fiasco Put Any Rapper Who Wants To Battle On Notice
Lupe Fiasco was onstage at Coachella over the weekend and let it be known that he will battle any rapper in the game.
Lupe Fiasco Announces His Yale University Fellowship
Lupe Fiasco will once again dispense his Hip-Hop wisdom to collegiate students as a new fellow at Yale University. The rapper revealed the news of his fellowship last week on social media. This follows his stewardship of a course at MIT last year. The post Lupe Fiasco Announces His Yale University Fellowship appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
The Cool: Lupe Fiasco Will Be Teaching Rap, Computing & Activism Course At MIT
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jeff Schear / Getty The world does not move without Black creativity and Lupe Fiasco is about detail how Hip-Hop plays into that fact. He has been slotted to teach a Rap course at MIT. As per Complex the Chicago, Illinois native is taking his talents to one of the most prestigious and exclusive educational institutions in the world. On Friday, May 20 he announced that he will be teaching at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “I been holding this for a while. I’ll put together something more sophisticated later that really captures the nuance and gravity but for now I’ll just say it straight and raw: I’m going to teach Rap at @MIT” he tweeted. Related Stories The school’s press release detailed the residency in further detail. “Grammy aw...
Lupe Fiasco Preps ‘Drill Music in Zion’ LP, Drops New Single
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jeff Schear / Getty Lupe Fiasco stands apart from his peers through his world-class lyricism and conceptual music. Next month, the Chicago wordsmith will release his eighth studio album, Drill Music In Zion. Lupe Fiasco Returns With Eighth Studio LP, Drill Music In Zion Lupe announced the forthcoming project on Wednesday (May 18), and it appears to be a shelved project teased last year. Lupe locked in with longtime producer Soundtrakk, who produced Drill Music In Zion in full. In August 2021, Lupe referred to the project as “my Illmatic,” referencing the classic from Queens rapper Nas. Related Stories Previously, Lupe released the tracks “100 Chicagos” and “Hustlaz” but it isn’t known if these tracks were singles for the new album. In 2020, Lup...
Lupe Fiasco Calls Kid Cudi A “B*tch” After A Fan Refers To Him As A Goat
HipHopWired Featured Video Over the weekend, Kanye West once again took to Instagram to rain hell and fire on once again on both Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian. But this time, he roped Kid Cudi into the fray due to his friendship with the SNL comedian. With fans taking to social media to weigh in on the matter, one particular tweet stood out as it prompted a response from none other than noted Cudder rival, Lupe Fiasco, who chimed in with a bit of shade of his own. After a fan posted a comment saying “Nah Cudi a goat fym, Ye just being petty asf,” the “Battle Scars” rapper threw in his two cents with a backhanded compliment saying “Oh he a goat. But he a b*tch.” Well, at least he conceded his goat status? Related Stories The animosity between the two has been going on for years and...
Lupe Fiasco Continues MIT Residency With New “Code Cypher” Event
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jeff Schear / Getty Lupe Fiasco has always engaged the headier aspects of lyricism and grand scope via his music, and that has culminated into the natural transition to a residency at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The Chicago MC, martial artist and intellectual will host the second event of his residency this weekend in a “code cypher” event that will have students creating digital artwork that will later be judged. Lupe Fiasco, given name Wasalu Jaco, began his residency with MIT back in February of this year with “CAST Visiting Artist Lupe Fiasco: SOSA (The Society of Spoken Art),” and the event was shared with the public the following month. SOSA is, as described in the lecture series announcement, “an educational guild that brings e...
Lupe Fiasco Live Tweets About Recording a New Album In 24 Hours
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Mark Sagliocco / Getty Never let it be said that Lupe Fiasco isn’t committed to the artful aspect of Hip-Hop. The latest example? He set out to put together a new album in 24 hours while sharing the process online. The Chicago rapper known for his agile lyrical prowess has been quite busy within the past few weeks. He’s uploaded a bunch of freestyles to YouTube, laid down over several classic beats from Kendrick Lamar, Dipset and Jadakiss. This is in addition to verbally sparring with his former podcast co-host Royce Da 5’9. Late Monday morning (August 9), Lupe went on Twitter to announce that he was setting out to create an entire new album from scratch in a 24-hour period, writing “1 song in…9 to go.” His mention of “Stack” is a shoutout to Stack Bundle...
Lupe Fiasco Participates In #SilhouetteChallenge With Some Bars
Source: Jeff Schear / Getty Hip-Hop fans across the world know that Lupe Fiasco gets busy with the rhymes. So when a fan challenged him to take part in the #silhouetteChallenge (as a rapper of course, not a model), Lupe didn’t just deliver, he caught a body. For the past minute, TikTok has been ablaze with regular folks and celebrities showing off their shapes under red and dim lights, but one Twitter user named rappers he felt could actually spit a hot 16 over Doja’s “Streets” instrumental. Tagging Fabolous, The Game, and Lupe on the tweet, the Chicago MC wasted no time in showing and proving that he was more than capable of flowing flawlessly over the Blaq Tuxedo-produced cut. Spitting clever bars and weaving his sentences into the beat, Lupe got right on the cut saying, “I’m from the er...
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Yasiin Bey, Lupe Fiasco Pay Tribute To MF DOOM With Freestyles [Listen]
Source: PYMCA / Getty Last week it was revealed Hip-Hop had lost one of the most unique talents to ever grab a microphone, months ago. Two of his peers have saluted in the most fitting way. Ufortunately, tt was reported MF DOOM is no longer with us in the physical. The loss took the culture by surprise as his wife announced his passing almost two months after he left us. Naturally an outpouring of respect has been put on the late great’s name since via social media posts, playlists, editorials and more. As spotted on Hypebeast a pair of MC’s are giving his flowers via some tribute bars. Chicago lyricist Lupe Fiasco to Twitter to express his gratitude and proposed a new idea for all DOOM fans. “Thanx DOOM…I learned so much from you about the art of rapping. Studied and analyzed you for...
Lupe Fiasco & Kaelin Ellis Release Ringle ‘SHOES’ ft. 50 aka Virgil Abloh
Source: Mark Sagliocco / Getty One of Rap’s most slept on wordsmiths is linking with younger talent. Lupe Fiasco is prepping a new release manned by Kaelin Ellis. The Chicago MC and the Orlando producer have announced their collaborative EP HOUSE, out on July 24th. The announcement comes with the first single from the EP “SHOES” featuring Virgil Abloh. The HOUSE EP came together by chance — on May 5th, Lupe was tagged on Twitter in the replies of a Tweet from Kaelin Ellis, a young producer who had been posting clips of himself creating beats in lockdown. Reading “Get this to @LupeFiasco somehow,” Lupe listened, liked the beat, screen recorded Kaelin’s video, dropped it in GarageBand, freestyled over the beat, exported it in Quicktime, then Tweeted the song jus...
