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Lupe Fiasco to retire following three-disc album?

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 was bowing out for good (this before the explosion of "Paper Planes"). Now it might be Lupe Fiasco's turn....  read more

Bonnaroo 2008 - Day 3

Above: Donovan FrankenreiterPhotos by Rob Inderrieden...  read more

Lupe Fiasco: too Cool for fools

Hopefully this new Lupe Fiasco album means the end of mandatory skateboarding puns when talking about his music. Or at least name-dropping Kanye West. Lupe's maturing into his own artist now, and he's already begun to create songs addressing his position in the music industry: does he dumb it down for mainstream appeal, or blaze his own path? As if you had to ask. Lupe's been promoting his new album The Cool as a dark, complex record to the press, so don't expect this one to go down easy. The album arrives in stores Dec. 18, and a pre-order is...  read more

Lupe Fiasco Breaks Into Billboard Rap Charts

Chicago MC Lupe Fiasco’s debut record, Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor, debuted as the #1 rap album on the Billboard 200 this week. The album fell only second to Justin Timberlake’s FutureSex/LoveSounds on the Billboard Top Hip-Hop/R&B Albums Chart and was #8 on the Billboard 200. Fiasco began his professional music career at 19 in the rap group da Pac, which only released one single on the Epic label before breaking up. As a solo artist, Fiasco’s ascent was aided by the support of such prestigious industry figures as Jay-Z, Twista and Kanye West, who quotes Fiasco as his favorite...  read more