Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Interesting point of view, Lu’. Lupe Fiasco‘s new album has been teased for almost a year and a half now, and after his Tetsuo & Youth Preview tour, and teasing a bunch of records–including an interesting one called “Drizzy’s Law”–all indications point to the fact that the album will actually […]
Kick, Score ! Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information In a somewhat random but nonetheless positive development Chicago’s own Lupe Fiasco has been named the United State Mens Soccer Music Director. Per MLS Soccer’s Website Advertisement Building on the “One Nation. One Team.” theme, Fiasco will collaborate with US Soccer in a variety of areas over […]
Lupe Fiasco returns with brand new music.
While Lupe Fiasco was in the studio working on his upcoming album, Tetsuo & Youth, he has apparently been hard at work on another project at the same time. The Chicago emcee announced, via his twitter account, that fans can expect Black Vietnam, a brand new full length to drop sometime in the near future. It will […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information This is when the term “Chi-raq” isn’t so funny anymore RondoNumbaNine, officially known as Clint Massey and one of the youngest stars of Chicago’s dominant drill movement, has been arrested for murder. Advertisement According to several sources, Rondo is being charged with the February murder of Javon Boyd, an incident […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Hip-hop is for a better tomorrow That’s why Chicago native Wasulu Muhammad Jaco, known as Lupe Fiasco, is a recipient of the Aspen Institutes’s Henry Crown Fellowship. Advertisement Lupe is one of 20 entrepreneurs chosen to create a program that will have a positive impact in his community. According to […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Lyricism overload Lupe Fiasco has two classic albums to his name and Ab-Soul is widely heralded as one of the most skilled rappers in the business, so eat your Wheaties before you press play on this. Lu’s prepping his new album, Tetsuo & Youth, and after conducting a successful nationwide […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The Chicago MC turns it up a notch on his latest singles.
There was a moment on “Dumb It Down”, a standout track from Lupe Fiasco’s sophomore release The Cool, when the oft political rapper addresses his resentment for artists making songs for the “b****es”. In fact he would later cement this claim, when he dropped “Bad B*tch” and its accompanying visuals, which heavily criticized hip hop’s obsession with […]
Educator and son of former slaves, Dr. Carter G. Woodson created Black History Week (Now Black History Month) in 1926 to preserve the history of African Americans. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Hip-hop is one of the ways that our history has been preserved. Artist likes Nas, Public Enemy and Lupe Fiasco, to name a few, have schooled fans […]
Bob Marley. The man. The myth. The habitual pot smoker. It was said that Mr. Marley smoked about a pound of the peace plant every week. But other than being high, Bob was revolutionary. Bob was a musician. Bob IS and forever will be a monumental symbol of peace and love. Poets, athletes, and rappers […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information It’s become an anomaly, picking rappers that are going to have big years. In 2012, we knew Nas was making a comeback, Rick Ross had been planning God Forgives, I Don’t for over a year, and Meek Mill was expected to make his formal entrance, but Kendrick Lamar, 2 […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Chicago culture has inundated almost every facet of hip hop today; from the dark synthesizer chords, typically heard in Drill music, to the slang that has slowly found its way into everyone’s speech. “Thot” is easily the most salient, as seen in the multiple articles written about the word and […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information You thought 2013 was some sh*t? We’ve got 30 reasons why you haven’t seen anything yet. Yes, Jay Z dropped out of nowhere, Kanye lost his mind, Drake sang and rapped his way to number 1 (as usual) and Pusha T proved why he’s pretty much untouchable, but some […]
Lupe Fiasco talks about “Old School Love,” Ab-Soul and Nelson Mandela on The Whoolywood Show Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information
The Boy Illinois was one of the opening acts of Lupe Fiasco’s “Tetsuo & Youth Preview ” Tour this fall alongside Dee-1. Check out what he had to say about touring with Lupe, his music and style.
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information If you’ve never seen the anime film, Akira, you’ve missed out on a work of art that has just as much depth to it than, well, a metaphor from Lupe Fiasco. It contains themes of fate vs. free will, friendship, the journey for power, and sacrifice. So for an intellectual […]
How things have changed. In recent years, Lupe Fiasco‘s hometown Chicago has a higher death rate than Iraq right now. For his new joint with Ed Sheeran, the Chi-town rapper takes us back to the good days when Chicago wasn’t the murder capital of the country. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information “Old School Love” starts off […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information MMG Representative and the Honest Cowboy himself, Stalley, hit the BET Backroom stage to share some bars with fans. Unfortunately, the video runs only a minute and half long, but he still sufficiently delivers enough solid bars to win doubters over. In fact, since he only rhymes for about half of the […]
New Orleans rapper Dee-1 dropped a mixtape on November 19 entitled “Psalm’s of David II.” This is the first project he has put out since signing with RCA records less than one month ago. Dee-1’s positive and uplifting style is sure to not disappoint especially on “I’ll Pay For It,” which was produced by hip-hop […]
