• Bass Center 2016: Bassnectar, Wu-Tang Clan Prove ‘Music Is The Drug’ at Camping Festival

    Following the release of his twelfth studio album, Unlimited, Bassnectar hosted Bass Center 2016, the producer's inaugural two-day camping festival July 29-30 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado. The extended two-hour sets from Lorin Ashton himself were the highlight for most of the 50,000 Bassheads who drove, flew and hitchhiked from around the country. However, the opening sets from Wu-Tang Clan, Porter Robinson, Flux Pavilion, AlunaGeorge, Flying Lotus and Lupe Fiasco combined with the overall next-level event production really set the concert apart from the rest, proving that, to quote the producer's latest collaboration with LUZCID, "Music Is The Drug."
  • Bassnectar Shares Full Details for Bass Center Camping Festival

    The inaugural Bass Center is scheduled to go down July 29-30 in Commerce City, Colorado. As BassHeads take to Twitter to count down the days until Wu-Tang Clan, Porter Robinson, Flux Pavilion and others join Bassnectar for the first-ever two-day camping festival hosted by Lorin Ashton himself, the producer and his team has shared the full details for the almost sold-out event, including a stacked Silent Disco.
  • Lupe Fiasco Beats 'Street Fighter' Champion Daigo at 'SF5' Launch Party [VIDEO]

    In case you were wondering - Lupe Fiasco is very good at playing video games. At the launch party for Street Fighter V, the rapper took on world Capcom arcade video game champion Daigo Umehara in the new release, which was set up as a promotional event, but turned into one of the biggest moments in gaming history. While many, including Fiasco himself, figured Daigo-san would destroy the "Show Goes On" rapper, that is not what happened. Lupe Fiasco beat Daigo at his own game - almost literally. Some think the battle was staged, which isn't the greatest of news, but it is certainly fun to watch regardless.
  • Lupe Fiasco Finally Hitting the Road in January, Announces "For the Fans" Tour

    It's been a bit since fans caught Lupe Fiasco on stage. He had a few shows scheduled earlier this year but most were canceled. Now as the year is coming to an end, Lupe has announced that he will be hitting the road starting in January. The rapper announced the "For the Fans" tour and the tickets are already on sale.
  • Lupe Fiasco Says He WIll Release Three Albums In 2016

    Lupe Fiasco low-key had one of the better rap albums of the year in Tetso & Youth and heading into 2016 the Chicago rapper has not signs of slowing down. Lupe in Twitter yesterday revealed that he had big plans for next year, sharing that he wanted to release four albums during the calendar year. Like Kanye West and SWISH, he doesn't want questions about the three LPs.
  • Mos Def Challenges Fellow Rappers to a Rap Battle, Lupe Fiasco Accepts

    Drake and Meek Mill's public falling out has has helped to reawaken the competitive nature that has been lying dormant within hip hop for a while now. Apparently, that this is all about to change as iconic Brooklyn rapper, Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, took to You Tube to challenge his fellow rappers to a rap battle. Lupe Fiasco took to Instagram to accept Mos' open invititation.
  • Lupe Fiasco Adds Perspective To Meek Mill, Drake Ghostwriting Feud

    After Meek Mill called out Drake for allegedly not writing his own verse on the Dreams Worth More Than Money track R.I.C.O., rappers from all across hip-hop decided to add their two cents on the ordeal. Lupe Fiasco has written a lengthy piece on his Instagram, giving on perspective on the practice of "ghostwriting," trying to make it clear that things are not so black and white when it comes to writing rhymes.
  • 5 Best Twitter Beefs of 2015: One Direction, Iggy Azalea, Taylor Swift and More

    Twitter hasn't been short on beefs for 2015, but this week has blown up the social media service as Meek Mill has called out Drake for allegedly using a ghostwriter, and Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift have gone back and forth about VMA nominations and body shape. They weren't the first musicians to stir things up with 140 characters (or several salvos of 140 characters) this year. Here are five other digital battles that have gone down during 2015 thus far, including One Direction, Iggy Azalea and...believe it or not... not Azealia Banks (we take her tweets for granted anymore).
  • Lupe Fiasco Publishes Letter to White Supremacy After Charleston Shooting

    The recent shooting of nine people in a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina has reignited the discussion about race in America once it became clear that the shooter's motives were racially motivated. There have been calls for the government of South Carolina to remove the Confederate Flag from the state house and individuals from politics, entertainment and music are chiming in on the issue.
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