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 brought the energy and insight to The Atlantis in Washington, D.C. On Wednesday (Feb. 26), the Chicago native headlined a benefit event for Musicians On Call (MOC), hosted by the Recording ...

On “We Gonna Make It,” Jadakiss opens the song with the lines, “Fuck the frail shit, ‘cause when my coke comes in/ They gotta use the scale that they weight the whales with.” Since it dropped in 2001, ...

Lupe Fiasco performs his classic debut album "Food and Liquor for a packed house at The Riviera Theatre in Chicago for The Red Bull Music Festival. (Photo credit: Eddy "Precise" Lamarre) Lupe Fiasco ...

The Chicago-bred MC will return with a new single, “SOS,” on Friday (July 25) just ahead of his “Samurai DX” project. Built on a smooth blend of vibraphone, upright bass and saxophone, “SOS” showcases ...

Lupe Fiasco is ready to “hit the ground running” after landing a role teaching rap at Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute. He vowed to “hit the ground running,” revealing the news on ...

So Lupe played one anti-war song for 30 min and said he didn't vote for Obama and eventually was told to move on to the next song. — Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) January 21, 2013 The organizers of the ...

Students in the Peabody Institute's new four-year hip-hop program will have the chance to perfect their beats under the tutelage of an industry veteran: Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, perhaps known better by ...

The Chicago-born rapper and celebrated lyricist has kicked off the last leg of his cross-country tour after releasing his latest album 'Samurai.' Now, Fiasco is back with his latest record Samurai.

Lupe Fiasco’s role as a visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology continues to inspire the Chicago emcee. According to WBUR, Fiasco is now creating songs directly inspired by MIT.

According to concertgoers, rapper Lupe Fiasco was thrown offstage and escorted from a Washington, D.C., concert hall Sunday night after going on an anti-war, anti-Obama rant during a preinaugural ...