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Ne-Yo has shared that he’s a huge fan of Street Fighter, having played and defeated artists like Wale and Lupe Fiasco to become a fighting game luminary in the industry. In an interview with Kotaku, the singer said how much he adores Street Fighter and how impressed he was with the improvements in Street Fighter 6. “ definitely taken the street element of Street Fighter and ramped that up. I think it’s a cool thing that they’ve done,” he said, referring to the open-world twist on the longstanding series. Ne-Yo Credit:…

Tyler, the Creator has made no secret of his admiration for Lupe Fiasco, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise to learn there’s footage of Tyler having a great time watching Lupe perform onstage in New York City. Lupe played a show in Central Park on Wednesday, the first in a series of concerts celebrating the 15-year anniversary of his second studio album The Cool. The Chicago native is doing The Cool in its entirety with a live band, with additional dates set for Washington, D.C., Boston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. …

Lupe Fiasco is giving his longtime fans a special moment of nostalgia over the next month as the Chicago rapper lined up several shows to celebrate the 15th anniversary of his 2007 album The Cool by performing the critically acclaimed release in its entirety with a live band. The platinum-selling album includes the hit single “Superstar” along with lyrical feats like “Dumb It Down” and “Hip-Hop Saved My Life.”The first performance scheduled will take place at NYC’s SummerStage in Central Park next Wednesday (Sept. 7),…

In an interview on The Breakfast Club, Royce Da 5’9” has reflected on his falling out with his former podcast co-host Lupe Fiasco last year.Royce and Lupe hosted The Lupe and Royce Show until they clashed last year and started trading shots last year in what initially seemed like a playful feud. It eventually led to the dissolution of their podcast, and at least for the time being, their friendship, too.When the topic was broached in a new Breakfast Club interview, Royce confirmed that it started as friendly but it…

Lupe Fiasco went into more detail about his relationship with his former label Atlantic Records.The conversation began when the Chicago rapper responded to a fan who tweeted that Fisco didn’t want to “conform” to a pop sound back when Lupe was signed.“Not accurate,” Fiasco responded. “I was comfortable making pop records. The issue was who controlled those records and what the ownership and splits were. Atlantic would only promote my records if they owned a large portion of them or if I signed a 360 deal. I gave Bruno…

Weeks after unleashing his eighth studio album Drill Music in Zion, Lupe Fiasco returns with the official video for “Autoboto” featuring Chi Town artist Nayirah. The visual, which marks the first for Lupe’s new project, shows him cruising the streets of his hometown of Chicago while comparing himself to a sports car.“I can twist and I contort, I just feel like I’m a Porsche,” he raps in the chorus. “I’m Carrera, -era, -era, -era/I defend myself in court, this is sport, I get signals from the source.”The video concludes…

Full Size Run is Sole Collector's weekly sneaker talk and debate show featuring co-hosts Brendan Dunne, Matt Welty, and Trinidad James. This week the crew is joined by Lupe Fiasco to talk about why Nike SB should have given him a sneaker collaboration, his history of being into streetwear, his connection to Virgil Abloh, and how Reebok did him dirty with a sneaker deal. Looking for the best deal on a pair of sneakers? We launched an app for that. Download the Sole Collector app now!: https://solecollector.com/app Full…

Inspired by the Japanese philosophy wabi-sabi – the perfection of imperfection – Lupe Fiasco wrote and recorded his eighth album in three days. Rush recording can be an excuse to coast on the fumes of creative fire, but it’s brought a welcome looseness to Lupe’s music after a gruesome chart-chasing phase. It would be optimistic to say the 40-year-old’s artistic best days are ahead of him, but this is a blessedly short and often enjoyable trip through his mazy mind.Borrowing 10 beats from inventive producer Soundtrakk’s…

Lupe Fiasco has returned with the album Drill Music in Zion.The record includes his recently released single “Autoboto” with Nayirah, and “Ms. Mural,” a continuation of his song series that began with “Mural” on 2014’s Tetsuo & Youth and was continued on “Mural Jr.” for 2018’s Drogas Wave. That project followed 2017’s Drogas Light.“I’m trying to find a balance between the whimsy and the profound,” Lupe said in a statement. He went on to add, “Your whole life you’re physically growing, and as an artist, I feel like I’m…

Lupe Fiasco is trading backpack rap for, well, just backpacks. The Food & Liquor MC has been announced as part of MIT’s MLK Visiting Professor Program for the 2022-23 academic year, after previously spending time as a 2020-21 Visiting Artist at the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology. “I been holding this for a while,” Lupe tweeted on Friday. “I’ll put together something more sophisticated later that really captures the nuance and gravity but for now I’ll just say it straight and raw: I’m going to teach Rap…