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Video | Paris, Tokyo Lupe Fiasco's "The Cool"
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Special | As Seen On MTV: Lupe Fiasco's Artist of the Week Videos Lupe Fiasco brings it back old school with zombie hustlers and hotties from the 50s, plus exclusive interviews and performances, in his Artist Of The Week spots.
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Special | Spring Break 2008 on mtvU Performances mtvU Spring Break 2008 in Panama City Beach features some piping-hot performances from some of your favorite artists including Panic At The Disco, Cobra Starship, DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, Pitbull, Tyga, and Kid Sister, Flo Rida, Paramore, Lupe Fiasco, and We
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Album | The Cool Premiere 12/18/07
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Photos | Fall Out Boy, Lupe Fiasco, Boys Like Girls, More At 2007 mtvU Woodie Awards Premiere 11/09/2007
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Full Biography
Chicago-based Muslim MC Lupe Fiasco began rapping in junior high school and joined a group called Da Pak several years later. The group signed to Epic, released one single, and split up, all before Fiasco reached the age of 20. Thanks in part to the vocal support of Jay-Z, L.A. Reid signed Fiasco as a solo artist to Arista, but before anything of significance was able to happen (only a promo single and a couple guest appearances were set up), Reid was fired, leaving the MC without a label. Fiasco eventually landed at Atlantic. Preceded by the single "Kick, Push," as well as several mixtapes and an appearance on Kanye West's "Touch the Sky," the album Food & Liquor was set to surface during early 2006, though an unfinished version leaked during the spring, pushing its official release back to September instead. The album earned Fiasco three Grammy nominations. A highly conceptualized follow-up, The Cool, was released in December 2007. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide
