Yesterday, Twitter and Facebook were buzzing about Lupe’s boot from Obama’s Inaugural concert, where Lupe played “Words I Never Said,” which features anti-Obama lyrics, for over 30 minutes. A video of Lupe’s antics spread like wild fire across the internet, with some fans coming to his defense, while others weren’t going for the negativity towards…
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Video: Lupe Fiasco Escorted Off Stage @ Inauguration Ball
Last night at StartUp RockOn’s Inauguration event in D.C., Lupe was removed from the stage after he refused to move on to the next song after performing “Words I Never Said” for 30+ minutes. Washington Post: Even at an event celebrating President Obama’s second term, Lupe didn’t hesitate to criticize the president, announcing that he…
Lupe Fiasco Says Food & Liquor 2 Part 2 Has Been Canceled
If you’ve recently wondered “What’s going on with Lupe?”, today he gave us a brief and somewhat cryptic update. He also he’s deleted all of his tweet history, and slimmed down the accounts he follows to only five (meaning I got the axe 🙁 ). He says his twitter will be closed until further notice,…
Video: Lupe Fiasco & Guy Sebastian – Battle Scars [Live on Jimmy Fallon]
Common wasn’t the only Chi city representative on Last Night With Jimmy Fallon last night. Joined by Guy Sebastian (and the show’s house band, The Roots), Lupe Fiasco performed the now 7x Platinum in Australia single “Battle Scars”. Props to Yardie.
Lupe Fiasco – LupeFiascoStore.Com
After announcing that he would be taking a break from Twitter until the new year, Lupe decided to liberate a new track which finds him over Common’s No I.D.-produced “Communism”. Short, but sweet. Hopefully, we’ll get to hear Lupe, Com and No I.D. collaborate soon.
Pics: Lupe Fiasco x Vans OTW Stovepipe
In case you didn’t know, Lu recently teamed up with Vans for his own edition of the Vans OTW Stovepipe. The premium shoe is now available for purchase and you can peep it above (and below). Cop ’em now at select OTW retailers. Props to LupEND for the heads up.
No I.D., Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Da Internz & R. Kelly Nominated For Grammys
Chicago hip-hop hit it big yet again at the Grammys, with a handful of homegrown artists scorning nominations. The nomination ceremony was held this evening in Nashville (the first time outside of LA in five years), and No I.D., Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Da Internz and R. Kelly all have a chance to bring home gramophone’s…
Video: Lupe Fiasco On NiteCap
Lupe was recently a guest on Peter Bailey’s NBC program NiteCap, where Lu sat down for an in-depth interview. Mr. Fiasco discusses the ups and downs of being an artist, commercial success and the business side of rap. It’s an interesting watch. Hit the jump for part two.
SNDCLSH [Lupe Fiasco + Sky Gellatly] – Clocks
Lupe Fiasco has again joined forces with Sky Gellatly for the side project SNDCLSH. Even better is that they’re giving all of the proceeds raised form the sales of this single and their upcoming EP Don’t Drop The Flag EP to help youth in need throughout the city of Chicago. People definitely need to stop overlooking Lu’s contributions…
Lupe Fiasco Unleashes New T-Shirts
Over at the Lupe Fiasco Store, Lu and his camp dropped a slew of new t-shirts (my favorites inspired by the cartoon crew from the “Freedom Ain’t Free” video) as well as some classic pieces for you to purchase. And tonight we’ve posted them for your review. See the rest below the jump and cop…