Lupe Fiasco
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About Lupe Fiasco
Wasalu Muhammad Jaco (born February 16, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois), better known by his stage name Lupe Fiasco, is a Grammy Award-winning American hip-hop artist and producer. He first became known to the mainstream hip-hop community in 2005 when he appeared on Kanye Wests album Late Registration on the track "Touch the Sky." In 2006 Lupe released his debut album, Lupe Fiascos Food & Liquor on Atlantic Records, and in December 2007 he released his second full length album, Lupe Fiascos The Cool. His next studio album, entitled Lasers, was released on March 8th 2011 after a protest against Atlantics decision not to release it.
The Around My Way (Freedom Aint Free) Songfacts reports that Fiascos first single off his fourth studio album, Lupe Fiascos Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 debuted on May 21, 2012. On Around My Way (Freedom Aint Free), he spits rhymes about aspects of modern American life he doesnt like such as Suicide bombers and prosperity gospels, emaciated models, with cocaine and blood pouring out their nostrils as well as socio-political problems in Ghana and the invasion of Iraq.
Lupe has previously been on label Epic with his group Da Pak and then signed a solo deal with Arista. His years at Arista only led to the 2003 promo single Pop Pop as well as guest appearances on singles from Tha Rayne (2002s Kiss Me and 2003s Didnt You Know) and K Fox (2003s This Life), then Arista folded in 2004 and Lupe was signed to Atlantic Records.
The Around My Way (Freedom Aint Free) Songfacts reports that Fiascos first single off his fourth studio album, Lupe Fiascos Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 debuted on May 21, 2012. On Around My Way (Freedom Aint Free), he spits rhymes about aspects of modern American life he doesnt like such as Suicide bombers and prosperity gospels, emaciated models, with cocaine and blood pouring out their nostrils as well as socio-political problems in Ghana and the invasion of Iraq.
Lupe has previously been on label Epic with his group Da Pak and then signed a solo deal with Arista. His years at Arista only led to the 2003 promo single Pop Pop as well as guest appearances on singles from Tha Rayne (2002s Kiss Me and 2003s Didnt You Know) and K Fox (2003s This Life), then Arista folded in 2004 and Lupe was signed to Atlantic Records.
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Monday, March 25 2013 | 110 views | 1 likes
On Sunday Lupe Fiasco decided to hop on twitter to tweet about the use of violent music in Hip Hop. He believes that violent lyrics give rappers "positive reinforcement" to commit negative acts. "Violent music (and all violent media) effectively says its 'OK' to be violent. It provides positive reinforcement for negative actions," Lupe said in a tweet. "If you rap and make violent music then...
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