Lupe Fiasco flexes his boastful rhymes on his controversial song “Thot 97.” Jumping on the popular Chicago slang, Lupe takes aim at the New York radio station and more. “O.G. Bobby Johnson” remix number 530.
With the Grammys coming and going yesterday, the great debate over who would win versus who deserved to win had gotten us all worked up at XXL headquarters. And with good kid, m.A.A.d city—an album we bestowed with a XXL rating—missing out on grabbing any awards, the voices saying "Kendrick got robbed!" were growing. With that ...
Lupe Fiasco liberates the unreleased track "Piru Blues," a mellow cut produced by DJ SimonSayz. This is reportedly a throw away track from the Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, sessions. Fiasco's forthcoming album Tetsuo & Youth is slated to get released in the first half of 2014...
Hip-hop is a competitive sport. Just ask Kendrick Lamar, Papoose or even Meek Mill. The point is every MC wants to be lyrically better than the one standing right next to them. For as long as hip-hop has been around (40 years to be exact!), M...
Lupe Fiasco stopped by DJ Whoo Kid's radio show yesterday (Dec. 17) and discussed a wide range of topics, from the violence in Chicago to his new work with Big K.R.I.T. and Kendrick Lamar to why he thinks Kanye West is the biggest artist out right now...
Lupe Fiasco visited DJ Whoo Kid’s Whoolywood and was the guest of honor. For about thirty minutes, the two discussed a number of topics. One in particular was the violence and the difference between when he was growing up and now.
"I think for us you had the separation when I was growing up, you had the violence and then you had your fun," says Lupe discussing growing up in Chicago. &quo
Lupe hits his hometown Chicago for "Old School Love." With an '80s-esque feel, Lupe returns to his childhood days in the colorful clip featuring Ed Sheeran, all the while lyrically expressing his concern about the city's troubling state...
XXL is giving away two tickets to Lupe Fiasco: Tetsuo and Youth Preview Tour at Irving Plaza in New York City on Dec. 9.
Lupe Fiasco is taking to the road in support of his highly anticipated fifth album, embarking on the “Tetsuo and Youth Preview.” The 32-city trek ...
Lupe Fiasco is currently writing a sci-fi crime novel on Twitter, titled Teriyaki Joe: Neo-Harlem Detective. The move could be described as both genius and insane, but is actually pretty expected coming from Lupe; these days, the Chicago MC seemingly prides himself on being an artist who just doesn't really care what other people think...
You never know what Lupe Fiasco is going to tweet out next.
While Lupe has gained a reputation for his often erratic tweeting habits, it seems as if the Chi-Town MC is in the process of creating a bizarre, new project on Twitter. Lupe Fiasco has begun writing a a new novel titled Teriyaki Joe: Neo-Harlem Detective on the social media service...
"I think what Kanye West is going to mean is something similar to what Steve Jobs means." Kanye West said those words in an interview with the New York Times back in June and he's been hammering this point home in almost every press appearance since then...
It was a big week for Kanye West. While Thanksgiving came and went without nary a hitch, there was a lot of news in the world of Yeezus this week. On Monday evening, Kanye announced that he would be leaving Nike to partner up with the shoe giant's rival company, Adidas...