Lupe Fiasco tells a story on “Dumb It Down,” from his ostensibly high-concept sophomore LP, The Cool. It’s intricate, elaborate, detailed, winding, and damn near cluttered with rhyme schemes that few ...

Few rappers balance complexity and clarity like Lupe Fiasco. Hailing from Chicago’s West Side, Wasalu Muhammad Jaco built a legacy on verses that challenge listeners to think deeper — from the ...

Lupe Fiasco formed Child Rebel Soldier with Kanye West and Pharrell, but the trio never released a project together. Lupe Fiasco decided to turn Child Rebel Soldier into a solo project. The lyricist ...

Don’t call Lupe Fiasco an OG. At a youthful 43 years old, the “Kick Push” rapper is still keeping busy like a neophyte, on this night in Los Angeles headlining the announcement of Activision’s Tony ...

The supergroup Child Rebel Soldier, which boasted Pharrell Williams , Kanye West , and Lupe Fiasco as its members, might very well be a thing of the past. Lupe revealed as much in a new episode of ...

You can't discuss hip-hop's elite wordsmiths without mentioning Lupe Fiasco, a man who Soulja Boy once used as an adjective ("super-Lupe-Fiasco-lyrical"). The man behind "Murals" and "Dumb It Down" ...

Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) has responded to Lupe Fiasco who recently accepted his challenge to battle any rapper - anytime, anywhere. If you recall, Bey was on camera challenging rappers to a lyrical ...

For a few years now, Lupe Fiasco has been visiting public artworks around the MIT List Visual Arts Center campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, armed with an iPad and microphone. Stopping at selected ...

Life’s too short to be tied into unnecessary rap beef. If “Heaven’s Galaxy” musician Kid Cudi could repair his previously rocky relationship with Kanye West, mending things with Lupe Fiasco was a ...

Lupe Fiasco performs on Day 2 of BottleRock Napa Valley Music Festival at Napa Valley Expo on May 27, 2023, in Napa, California. (Photo by Steve Jennings/WireImage) *Lupe Fiasco has reportedly arrived ...

Lupe Fiasco clarifies he holds no grudge against Kendrick Lamar, celebrating their shared cultural influence in a candid X Spaces discussion. Kendrick Lamar is supposedly not at odds with Lupe Fiasco ...

Looks like Lupe Fiasco is at it again. The rapper, known for making both socially conscious rap and premature announcements about retiring, announced Tuesday on Twitter that he is quitting music. For ...