Lupe Fiasco Goes Off
June 28th, 2008During his set at the Glastonbury Festival in the U.K. last night, rapper Lupe Fiasco spoke out about “tyrannical world leaders”, clumping Zimbabwe’s longtime dictator and the American president in the same category “F*@K Robert Mugabe, F*@K George Bush,” he said. F*@k politics, democrats, socialists, the Labor party. Music’s what it’s all
about.” It’s likely there won’t be any blowback from his American fans for his comment considering the current political climate. But remember just a few years ago the Country music group, Dixie Chicks, were bashed for much milder comments they made about the President in the U.K. Fiasco drew an excited crowd to his performance which included his hits “The Cool,” “Food and Liquor,” “Hip Hop Saved My Life” and “Kick Push.”
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Lupe For President!!! He is the realest rapper out there right now, so what if he wants to speak whats on his mind!
Why not blast a president that doesnt care about anything but his own self all he wants is oil and money he doesnt care about the american people at all look at these gas prices that should let people know that this is what he is after yeah we need fuel to run america but also why are we paying to fix these other countries when ours is going through hell it self but they can spend millions on Iraq and we got people that homeless and starving to So where is America across the ocean or is it the 50 Stated called the United States of America………………………
GO HEAD LUPE YOU SAID WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE PLANET WANTS TO SAY THESE DOOR KNOCKERS NEED TO GET THE HELL OUT OF OFFICE BARRACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELL BARRACK OBMA FOR WORLD LEADER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
go head lupe we need to get these door knockers out of office you just said what the whole world wants to say Barrack Obama for president!!!!!!!!! Barrack Obama for world leader!!!!!!!!!!!!
AWWW DAMN LUPE!!! DAMN! DAMN! DAMN! Lawd Jesus!! I hope hip hop really IS saving your life cus when Bush find out….you gonna need more than Nikki Jean, Gemstones, and Sarah Green to be your back up!! Don’t get me wrong…Lupe Fiasco is the truth and I ain’t just saying that cus he from my hometown Chi-City….Lupe is the HIP-HOP TRUTH!! He like a breath of fresh air but this is “White Man’s Land” sometimes we gotta be careful of what we say and do….Michael Vick is a perfect example….that boy is in jail over dogs….Its serial killers and people phishing gas…but in he jail over what? Two German Shepards and a Poodle!! All I want Lupe to do is just to be careful sometimes people wait on the wrong things to happen at the right time and they feed off of that! Don’t get tricked!!
Lupe spoke what was on his mind BUT YA’LL CHECK OUT THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO !!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwtyLHcrfu0
HIT ME UP
There is a difference between being and acting socially-conscious. Lupe is acting. This is the same guy who only a year ago went on a tirade about Barack Obama and missed the opportunity to acknowledge the work of ‘A Tribe Called Quest.’ I know a poser when i see one and Lupe is just that, a poser. He also say’s he an admirer of author Nowman Chuampski’s work, well, i doubt that.
man, i love Lupe’s music and he’s prolly my favourite rapper right now — actually he is.
But on the political scene, i wonder sometimes if my man knows what he’s talking about. Bush and Mugabe aren’t in the same echelon of “tyrannical world leaders” bcuz Bush is a greedy idiot with no foresight while Mugabe is dealing with the aftermath of British colonialism and slavery in his country but isn’t protecting his people and also being greedy (plus who knows what the Brits have offered him). The Obama thing, i respected, bcuz i think Hilary is a strong candidate too…Barack’s just stronger and the DNC saw that.
But he’s making a huge generalization to say ?#??* all politics, that i think is stupid. but w/e, this must be why he’s a rapper not a politician — i hope he sticks more to the former.
Get it together, LU
Lupe is not an American Dream artist like the Dixie Chicks (the word Dixie should clue you in). Lupe is more like Kanye, so there won’t be this big backlash. He is creating his controversy as a part of his personality and will likely sell millions soon.
Way to go Lupe it is good to see the first admendment being used, we need to really take a second look at what democracy is and how it is truly not being demonstrated in the USA but we are so quick to expand the idea to others. For the People and by the People.
OOh………OOh……….You in trouble or are you really? Do they really care how we feel or what we have to say? Just take a seat and see if anything happens. (Make sure it is a comfortable seat, you might be there for a while.)
if you think about it what he said wasnt wrong at all…….its how if felt that was some real stuff he said. if i was in his shoes i would say f*** bush 2 he dont care about s*** at all…..u think he care about u not at all if he did he wouldnt have so many peaple we trust -n- love fighting that dum a** war!!!!!!! it stupid because we are bombing them and taking care of them at the same time….why yall acting like yall really care about what he think(ohhhh) i know y it because the younger folks will listing 2 more cause he youger…and they feel closer 2 hem
No Need to worry, Kanye says George Bush doesn’t like black people and nothing bad happens to him…atleast not to the extent of the dixie chicks, that is because you can’t compare what the dixie chicks said ( i know yall are like WHO? LOL) about the president or whatever to what Lupe said becaue that its to different forms of music and it caters to different audiences, therefore i dont think there will be any form of severe back lash from it. Ya dig..
I can’t even be mad at him for his comments, the current situation is simply ridiculous, someone just ought to speak out against this nonsense.
I can’t really be mad about it either . . . I give him props for speaking his mind, but he should choose his words wisely, I don’t want things blowing up in his face later . .
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REMEBER THE MAN’S WIFE THING.. AND SHE STOOD UP AT THE AFRICAN UNION AND THEY STILL CALLED THEM RACISTS AFTER THE APOLOGIZED ON NATIONAL T.V. YA DIG… THE GAMES OVER
the word F-U-C @ can be used so many diffrent ways. jus becaue one says f** somthing….it means he’s pissed dosent like how things are going. who dosent feel that way. Lupe is NO dixie chick.. they have to live to a much diffret standard than he.
@ Sean R.
I couldn’t say it any better my good friend. This guy is probably one of the biggest posers I’ve come across. People say that F. Bush all the time, no biggie.
This fake wannabe conscious rapper doesnt know the history and the facts behind the situation in Zimbabwe and Mugabe. All he knows is what the media is telling him so he shouldnt speak on what he doesnt know. If we all went on what the media tells us we would think all black people are drug dealers and ho’s. Any progressive thinking person should see whats really going on with Mugabe. Its simple the former coloniser(britain) is unable to control him anymore so they cant continue to loot the country’s minerals and now they want to get rid of him and put someone they can control. They also want to make an example of him so all u other Africans thinking of taking back control of your resources from these imperialists will be too afraid to. WAKE UP PEOPLE!!
LUPE BETTER BE EASY & STUDY HISTORY WHEN HE COMES @ BLACK LEADERS I DONT GIVE A DAMN WHA HE SAYS ABOUT BUSH, BUT THE FACT THAT HE LUMPED HIM & BUSH INTHE SAME CATEGORY TELLS ME THAT HE HASN’T DONE HIS HOMEWORK & PUT HIS FOOT IN HIS DAMN MOUTH!!! MUGABE IS OUT THERE FIGHTING FOR BLACKS LAND & RESOURCES & HAS BEEN QUITE SUCCESSFUL @ IT. BUSH AIN’T DOING @@*? FOR NOBODY BLACK!! AND FURTHERMORE WHO THE HELL DOES LPE THINK HE IS TO BE MAKING STATEMENTS AS BOLD AS THIS HE AINT KANYE!!! IF THI I A DESPERATE ATTEMPT T MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF, HE’S GONNA END UP TURNING PEOPLE OFF BEFORE HE CN TURN THEM WHICH IS SUICIDE FOR A RAPPER WHO’S FAIRLY NEW IN THE GAME & NOT QUTE RELEVANT. THERE’S ENOUGH WHITE FOLKS IN THE WORLD TO COME @ FOR HIM TO TRY TO GET @ HIS OWN. HE’S PLAYING HIMSELF “F%^#CK HIM!!! PEACE, BKLYN’S FINEST
Lupe is the truth. Sure we have overthrown one dictator, but now we have to overthrow another and his name is George W. Bush.
OHH SO BET WONNA BE SOME HATER THATS ALLRIGHT I LIKE THE WHITE MAN WEB BATTER (LOL) BLUCK THAT HATERS
Best wishes!