Rapper Lupe Fiasco's is one of Chicago's best-known hip hop artists. Hear the rapper's ode to skateboarding, Kick, Push. We're going to end our program today with another end of Chicago, music that is ...

Young Chicago MC Lupe Fiasco has all the right names behind him: Before his infectious skateboarding single "Kick, Push" broke through to the mainstream, he'd been hyped by superstars like Jay-Z, ...

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 ...

*Let it be known that Lupe Fiasco’s pen is ready for battle. According to HipHopWired, the “Kick, Push” rhymeslayer punctuated his set at Coachella with a notice to fellow MC’s that he has an appetite ...

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 ...

Kendrick Lamar doesn’t faze Lupe Fiasco. During a conversation with Aye Verb, the Chicago native revealed that he places Drake above K.Dot. “Drake got bars,” Lupe told Verb. “You know that so you know ...

Watch videos of rap legend Lupe Fiasco performing his music and giving a lecture on rap at MIT. Wasalu Jaco, a.k.a. Lupe Fiasco, gave a lecture called “Rap Theory and Practice: An Introduction” at MIT ...

Kelefa Sanneh’s recent New York Times article, ruminating about the sorry state of mainstream hip-hop, was a worthwhile call to action. Or, more appropriately, a call to look outside the mainstream ...