Rapper Lupe Fiasco is rumored to have started a post-punk band called Japanese Cartoon. Fiasco, who hinted on several occasions in 2008 that he would ...
It's a tale all too common in the hip-hop world today: a rapper claiming retirement. We've been there with Jay-Z. We idly sat by while M.I.A. said she...
Rage Against the Machine will have some company at this year's Republican National Convention, as Lupe Fiasco, Mos Def, Billy Bragg and Rage's Tom Mor...
MTV News has already taken a look back at some of the oddest Grammy winners of all time, from former Soviet kingpin Mikhail Gorbachev to current White...
-up The Cool. Of course, Lupe's rapping over Radiohead "The National Anthem" sure didn't hurt the mixtape's blog-headline chances. Indeed, while that ...
Images for Bad Boy EntertainmentLupe Fiasco celebrated Thanksgiving by unleashing his new mixtape Enemy of the State: A Love Story as a free download....
million and perform on every awards show. It's getting in touch with somebody who needs to improve their self-esteem as opposed to driving a Bentley a...
's a sneaker store, there's a liquor store and a bunch of Coca-Cola everywhere." Fiasco, who recently climbed ... Lupe Fiasco 'Somewhat' Agrees With C...
by the Smeezingtons (Bruno Mars and songwriting partner Phillip Lawrence), was originally slated for Lupe Fiasco, B ... B.o.B's 'Nothin' On You' Was S...
- University of Canberra 03-05 Claremont, CA - Bridges Auditorium * 03-20 Stockton, CA - Bob Hope Theater 04-07 Boston, MA - House of Blues * 04-09 At...
Genre-mashing R&B songstress Janelle Monáe's BNM'd new record, The Archandroid, is jam-packed with crazy sounds but the initial single, "Tightrope", i...
It's that time again... Kanye West's dropped the latest installment in his G.O.O.D. Friday series, and it's another guest-star loaded banger. This tim...
labels -- showed everyone that you can have rappers that don't fit the format and still have a presence," says Fiasco. "You look at a person like me, ...
at No. 15 with 143,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan at the very end of 2007. Lupe Fiasco's 'Lasers' & 10 More Endlessly Delayed Rap Albums Fiasco ha...
of this record from its inception, no matter what changes and phases and label battles that it went through, it was always about, 'Let's take it to an...
(Feat. MDMA) 5. Out Of My Head (Feat. Trey Songz) 6. The Show Goes On 7. Beautiful Lasers, (Two Ways) (Feat. MDMA) 8. Coming up (Feat. MDMA) 9. State ...
a forlorn-sounding female singer on the hook, and make a giant hit. Just look at T.I.'s "Castle Walls", B.o.B's "Airplanes" and Eminem's "Love The Way...
It's not exactly one step forward and two steps back, but after aiming for mass appeal on his recently released Lasers LP, Lupe Fiasco is already hard...
with 176,000 (down 24%). Rihanna's "S&M" stands steady at No. 4 (168,000; down 5%), Britney Spears' "'Till the World Ends" flies 10-5 with 158,000 (up...
(Miami University) April 21: Phoenix, AZ (Mesa Amphitheater) April 24: New York, NY (Roseland Ballroom) April 25: New York, NY (Roseland Ballroom) Apr...
a Doctor" and the cast of "Glee" rounding things out with "Landslide." Lupe rules the iTunes albums chart as well, again besting #2 Adele, who's in fr...
on social media and digital video conferencing. The main event will begin at 11:30 a.m. PT as Chidera "Chiddy" Anamege to set a world record for longe...
about the Billboard accomplishment, the Windy City native replied, "I wasn't completely overwhelmed, because now I have to go into the business meetin...
/24-25 - New York, NY @ Roseland Ballroom » 4/26 - New Haven, CT @ Yale University » 4/28 - Bristol, RI @ Roger Williams University » 4/29 - Universit...
- New Haven, Conn. @ Yale University 28 - Bristol, R.I. @ Roger Williams University 29 - University Park, Pa. @ Penn State University May 1 - Columbia...
You didn't think Lupe Fiasco was done promoting his #1 album Lasers just yet, did you? As his current single proudly states, the show goes on--and so ...
You didn't think Lupe Fiasco was done promoting his #1 album Lasers just yet, did you? As his current single proudly states, the show goes on--and so ...
Arbor, MI - University Of Michigan April 13 - Albany, NY - SUNY Albany - Washington Ave. Armory April 16 - Keene, NH - Keene State College April 19 - ...
's no different," the Chicago rapper told MTV News recently. "I did a show for the hardcore [fans] yesterday and it was the same thing. The same energ...
One. He maintains that not only has Houston radio station KBXX 97.9 banned his music, but they've also prohibited any paid advertisements for his conc...
Following a dramatic tease, Lupe Fiasco's Sanaa Hamri-directed video for "Words I Never Said," his politically-charged second single off Lasers, is he...
tried to keep her out of sexy clothes, prom night she wore dressy clothes," Fiasco raps atop a slight beat and shimmering echo of a guitar riff. B.o.B...
Fiasco added, "We got one guy." Finally Lupe hit the stage, where he was joined by Skylar Grey, who was wearing a shredded jacket and came out full fo...
With the 2011 MTV Movie Awards less than a month away (the shindig will be broadcast live from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California o...
Bassnectar will bring his regional Bass Center mini-festival concept to New York this August. The first Bass Island festival will take place on the So...
The long, tumultuous battle to release Lasers has finally paid off for Lupe Fiasco, as his LP is up for three Grammys (including Best Rap Album). And ...
Lupe FiascoBrendon Thorne/Getty Images Lupe Fiasco doesn't really like music journalists. At least, that's how he comes across over the phone the day ...
Tweet Today marks a bittersweet moment for Lupe Fiasco fans--likely more bitter than sweet. Despite gifting an unfinished version of a new song, "Amer...
Tweet Chicago's hip-hop scene is heating up, and not necessarily because of the music. Earlier today, the city's newest wunderkid Chief Keef took to T...
gave us the album's lifeless cover art, a track listing, and the video to "B*tch Bad". But only a few days later the Chicago rapper alluded to his ret...
Tweet Lupe Fiasco and Chief Keef have been two of rap's most-discussed names recently, but not necessarily for their musical contributions. Just last ...
tracking week on Sunday, Sept. 30, easily securing a No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 chart next week. The new Billboard 200 chart's top 10 will be re...
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Lupe Fiasco has never been one to hold his tongue when it comes to waxing eloquent about certain social and political issues. Now, the Chicago emcee t...
know you a jerk and that's cool," the 31 year-old said. "I know that you came here and you thought that I'ma get some shine real quick and throw some ...
1 of 15 lupe fiasco Much has been said about the trajectory of Lupe Fiasco - once rap's great savior and more recently a hermetic weirdo who can't see...
