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Lupe Fiasco Biography

Lupe Fiasco (born Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, 16.2.1982)

Lupe Fiasco is an American, Grammy award winning rapper who rose to fame with the release of his debut album Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor.

Lupe Fiasco: Childhood

Lupe Fiasco was born in Chicago and was raised in a large family; he was the fifth of nine siblings. Lupe's mother was a chef and his father was an African drummer and karate teacher.

Lupe began rapping whilst he was in the eighth grade. Although he was initially repelled by the violence of bands such as N.W.A. (whose records his father would play), Nas' It Was Written album soon schooled the young Lupe Fiasco in the ways of hip-hop.

The name Lupe Fiasco came from an extension of his mother's nickname for him, 'Lu', which was the last part of his first name. The 'Fiasco' part came from the song 'Firm Fiasco', by The Firm.

Lupe Fiasco: Musical Career

Lupe's first group was called Da Pak, who he joined at the age of 19. The group signed a deal with Epic Records but only released one single before splitting.

Lupe later signed a solo deal with Arista Records but was promptly dropped when the label experienced a major overhaul and the CEO L.A. Reid was fired. However, around this time, he did feature on singles by Tha' Rayne and K Fox. He turned down a deal with Jay Z's Roc-A-Fella label, having already started up his own label, 1st and 15th Entertainment. He later signed a deal with Atlantic Records, who are effectively the parent label of 1st & 15th.

Lupe built up an internet fan base by releasing a number of mixtapes. Mike Shinoda also featured Fiasco on his own mixtape entitled Fort Minor: We Major. Lupe Fiasco was then assisted by Jay Z in the production of his debut album, Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor.

Following an appearance on Kanye West's 'Touch the Sky' from the album Late Registration, Fiasco released his own single, 'Kick, Push'. The album was finally released in September 2006 and featured production work from the Neptunes, Kanye West and Mike Shinoda, as well as Jay Z. The single 'Daydreamin'' also featured Jill Scott. The album was nominated for three Grammy Awards.

Lupe Fiasco's second album, Lupe Fiasco's The Cool was released at the end of 2007 and the debut single, 'Superstar', was used in the HBO series, Hard Knocks.

Along with Pharrell Williams and Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco formed the group Child Rebel Soldier. They released the track 'US Placers' with Thom Yorke from Radiohead on vocals.

In 2008, Lupe Fiasco joined Kanye West's 'Glow in the dark' tour, which also featured Rihanna and N.E.R.D.

Lupe Fiasco: Business Ventures

Lupe Fiasco is currently the CEO of his label, 1st and 15th Entertainment, following the arrest of his business partner Charles "Chilly" Patton.

Lupe has designed his own Reebok show, a white and grey model.

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The Latest Lupe Fiasco News

Ross Common Team Up For Grandmaster Flash Tribute

29th November 2011

Rick Ross, Common and Lupe Fiasco will team up to pay tribute to hip-hop hero Grandmaster Flash at....

Lupe Fiasco Detained At Airport

18th November 2011

Rapper Lupe Fiasco has hit out at authorities at Los Angeles International Airport after he was....

Katy Perry Leans Vma Nominations

21st July 2011

Katy Perry leads the nominations for the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), scoring nods in nine....

Lupe Fiasco Quits Twitter

13th July 2011

Rapper Lupe Fiasco has quit Twitter.com and handed over control of his blog to a little-known....

Robert Pattinson To Take On Radcliffe At Teen Choice Awards

29th June 2011

Robert Pattinson and Daniel Radcliffe will go head to head at this year's Teen Choice Awards.....

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Lupe Fiasco Festivals

Big Day Out

21st January 2011

Summers a knockin' at the door and the icebergs they are a meltin'... That means it's time to announce our first....

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Lupe Fiasco Video and Audio

Lupe Fiasco Out Of My Head (feat. Trey Songz) video

Lupe Fiasco, Out Of My Head (Feat. Trey Songz) - Video

Lupe Fiasco Words I Never Said (feat. Skylar Grey) video

Lupe Fiasco, Words I Never Said (Feat. Skylar Grey) - Video

Lupe Fiasco The Show Goes On video

Lupe Fiasco, The Show Goes On - Video

Lupe Fiasco I'm Beamin video

Lupe Fiasco, I'm Beamin - Video

Lupe Fiasco Solar Midnite video

Lupe Fiasco, Solar Midnite - Video

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Lupe Fiasco Reviews

Lupe Fiasco, Lasers Album Review

14th March 2011

Operating in a genre in which hype and proclamations of self-genius are very much par for the course, the...

Lupe Fiasco, Kick Push, Single Review

23rd May 2006

outta today’s acts it’s probably more like Little Brother than anything mainstream. A strong debut solo offering from a...

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Lupe Fiasco Interviews

Lupe Fiasco - Video Interview London 2008

11th April 2008

Lupe Fiasco Video Interview We caught up with the fantastic Mr. Fiasco in London to talk about his new ....

Lupe Fiasco, Video Interview

27th June 2006

If you’re a listener to Radio 1 you will have been sure to have heard his latest offering in the shape and form of ....

Lupe Fiasco, Interview

22nd May 2006

My real name is Wasalu Muhammad Jaco. I always rapped under the name of Lu or Lil’ Lu but in high school I wanted to ....

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