Lupe Fiasco
Lupe Fiasco Trivia
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Lupe was ranked #84 on Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2007 for his music video "SuperStar."
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Lupe is a devout Muslim and a deep thinker who listens to jazz.
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Lupe has lived his whole life in Chicago where he is currently residing.
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His hit song "Kick,Push" is on the soundtrack of NBA Live 07'.
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His song "The Instrumental" is on the soundtrack of Madden 2007.
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His fourth song on his album Food & Liquor is titled "Kick, Push". This song is known as his biggest hit.
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His first album, Food & Liquor was released on September 19, 2006. However, the album was leaked before it was released.
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He loves to write songs when he's in the car.
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He's a big jazz fan.
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He was named GQ's 'Man Of The Year' in 2006.
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Lupe has a MySpace profile which he uses to further his music career. An example of that being, he put up a poll on his page asking people to vote on which song they would want to see made into a music video.
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He loves skateboarding. He based the song "Kick, Push" on skateboarding and his passion for it.
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Food & Liquor, his debut solo album, reached number 1 on the 'Top Rap Album' charts.
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When in high school, he considered himself a nerd who was only popular because he came from 'the hood'.
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When he was younger, he initially hated hip-hop. This is because he thought of it as vulgar and demeaning.
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Along with good friend Bishop G, he started up FNF Radio, a college radio station that averages up to 6,000 listeners per night.
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His album, Food & Liquor, was nominated for 'Best Rap Album' at the 2007 Grammy Awards.
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Fabolous and The Game have both expressed interest in doing a collaboration with Lupe.
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Jay-Z, another popular rap artist, offered Lupe a record deal with Def Jam Records, but Lupe turned it down. Jay-Z instead assisted Lupe with his debut album.
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Early in his career, he wrote a song called "Pop Pop". This glorified gun use and jewels. Before it was released, he dropped the song.
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He was formerly part of the band, Da Pak.
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Lupe thanks his parents, an African drummer and a gourmet chef, for his taste for art.
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He began to rap when he was in 8th grade, but began to pursue it fully when he was 17.
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His father was a prolific African drummer and his mother was a gourmet chef.
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He was strongly influenced by Tupac Shakur.
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Lupe has made over 15 different mixtapes.
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Lupe has made over 9 guest appearances in music videos.
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He has three Grammy nominations.
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He is the youngest of four brothers and five sisters.
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In January 2006, he signed with Reebok.
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Lupe is not only a rapper, but a songwriter and producer.
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He is signed to Atlantic, 1st and 15th records. He was previously signed to Arista Records.
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Lupe: When I retire, I want to sleep away on a positive note. What you put out into the world comes back to you.
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Lupe: People have their morals, but morals aren't concrete. People think because I'm a Muslim that I pray five times a day, but you're never going to see that on a day-to-day basis. People fluctuate.
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Lupe: Well, I was born Muslim, so Islam plays a part in my life and everything I do. I don't go to clubs, I don't drink, I don't smoke - the whole groupie situation is shut down.
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Lupe Fiasco: Cause it's a classic. Like, people study-you study the masters, you know what I'm saying? Everybody that's rapping studied someone to learn how to rap. They had a rapper who was they favorite rapper that they wanted to be like and wanted to rap like, know what I'm saying? For me, I just look at it like I studied a masterpiece. I modeled my album after a masterpiece; and not song for song; not line for line; not beat for beat. It was more-for me it was like mood for mood. The way he set the mood on that album to me was just like incredible. And at the time in my life-like, I fell in love with 'It Was Written' when I was seventeen/eighteen-a very impressionable time-so I was like I love that album. That's my favorite Hip Hop album, so it's like why not base your album on 'It Was Written?'
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Lupe Fiasco: When I retire, I want to step away on a positive note. What you put out into the world comes back to you. You actually change the world with what you do. I want to put some good in the world.
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