• Lupe Fiasco Performs "Little Death" on 'The Tonight Show'

    Lupe Fiasco stopped by 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' last night, Feb. 25, to promote his newest release 'Tetsuo & Youth.' The rapper performed "Little Death" with Nikki Jean and The Roots on the late night talk show. The song is the third single from the January release following "Deliver" and "Adoration of the Magi."

  • Hangout Music Festival 2015 Lineup: Zac Brown Band, Foo Fighters, Skrillex Top the Bill [FULL LINEUP]

    It's currently festival announcement season, and the good people of the Hangout Music Festival have joined in on the fun. Zac Brown Band, Skrillex, Foo Fighters and Beck are set to headline the event, which occurs on the Gulf Shores in Alabama May 15-17. Other big names include Paramore, My Morning Jacket, Foster the People and Spoon. Hangout organizers also announced a partnership with Goldenvoice, the promotion company behind Coachella and Firefly.

  • Kid Cudi Responds to Kendrick Lamar's Ferguson Views, Starts Beef with Lupe Fiasco

    Kendrick Lamar's recent remarks on the murder of Michael Brown started a few beefs with the likes of Azealia Banks and Lupe Fiasco. The rapper said the problem is part of a bigger issue that starts with African-American communities. Kid Cudi shared his opinion on the statement before Fiasco took issue with his tweets, starting a sub-beef of sorts, "Vibe" notes. "I wish somebody would look in our neighborhood knowing that it's already a situation, mentally, where it's f--ked up. What happened to [Michael Brown] should've never happened. Never. But when we don't have respect for ourselves, how do we expect them to respect us? It starts from within. Don't start with just a rally, don't start from looting — it starts from within," Lamar told "Billboard." Cudi's rant started yesterday, Jan. 10, and Fiasco interrupted soon after. "Dear black artists, dont talk down on the black community like you are Gods gift to n---az everywhere. If you wanna help, inspire, uplift, don't point the blame and talk down," he tweeted.

  • Derrick Carter, Legendary House DJ, Speaks On Cultural Smudging In Dance Music

    Over the past week, the hip hop community has been embroiled in controversy and debate over "cultural misappropriation" or cultural smudging," notably directed at Iggy Azalea the new white chick on the block. Everyone from Azealia Banks (of course), to T.I., to Lupe Fiasco to Q-Tip have weighed in on the topic, 140 characters at a time on Twitter. Derrick Carter, one of the original house DJs from Chicago, is looking to start that dialogue in dance music. As reported by The Fader, Carter shared his thoughts on his personal Facebook about how dance music has become noticeably whiter since its days origins as a gay and black genre.

  • Paul McCartney, Lenny Kravitz, Ringo Starr, More Tweet on Joe Cocker's Death

    Soulful rock icon Joe Cocker died yesterday, Dec. 22, at the age of 70. The singer had been battling lung cancer. Tributes began flooding in from Cocker's contemporaries: Paul McCartney, The Doobie Brothers and Ringo Starr all paid their respects on Twitter. Some of today's artists like Lupe Fiasco, Lady Antebellum and Lenny Kravitz also showed love for the legendary performer. McCartney recalled Cocker's brilliance on The Beatles's "With a Little Help from My Friends," which the singer recorded in the late 1960s and eventually became the theme song for "The Wonder Years": "It's really sad to hear about Joe's passing. He was a lovely northern lad who I loved a lot and like many people I loved his singing. I was especially pleased when he decided to cover 'With a Little Help from My Friends' and I remember him and Denny Cordell coming round to the studio in Saville Row and playing me what they'd recorded and it was just mind blowing, totally turned the song into a soul anthem and I was forever grateful to him for doing that."

  • Iggy Azalea Responds To Q-Tip's History Lesson; Lupe Fiasco & Azealia Banks Counter

    The hip-hop family is not a happy bunch during this holiday season. Practically on Christmas Eve, Iggy Azalea and her many detractors are still waging their war of words on social media. The most poignant salvo came from hip-hop legend, A Tribe Called Quest member, Q-Tip who gave Azalea a brief history of hip hop in 140 character intervals. Will.i.am and Lupe Fiasco also came out in support of the "Fancy" rapper and her craft.

  • Lupe Fiasco Releases 'Deliver' Music Video Ft. Ty Dolla $ign [WATCH]

    Lupe Fiasco finally has a release date for his upcoming album "Tetsuo & Youth" after close to two years of waiting on the label. He has released the powerful video for the first official single from the album "Deliver" featuring frequent collaborator, Ty Dolla $ign. Directed by Alex Nazari, the video follows a young boy traveling quite a distance to get out of the "no delivery" zone of Chicago just to get two boxes of pizza. It portrays the harsh reality of where Lupe Fiasco grew up on the West Side of Chicago with gangs, drugs and prostitution and how it becomes a ghetto to the outside world who have no desire to enter the neighborhood.

  • Lupe Fiasco 'Tetsuo & Youth' Tracklist, Album Cover Unveiled on Twitter

    Atlantic Records finally gave Lupe Fiasco a release date for his new album Tetsuo & Youth after much struggle from the rapper, and now, the album finally has some artwork and a tracklist. Today (Dec. 1), Fiasco unveiled the 16-song tracklist and acrylic painted cover for his fifth LP, featuring Ab-Soul, Trae Tha Truth and several appearances from Nikki Jean.

  • Nicki Minaj Drops 'Bed of Lies' Feat. Skylar Grey: New 'Pink Print' Track's a Slow Burner [LISTEN]

    Nicki Minaj shared her next single, "Bed of Lies," from her upcoming album "The Pink Print." The slow burner features singer-songwriter Skylar Grey on piano as well as taking the vocal duties during the chorus. Minaj and Grey premiered the song live at the 2014 MTV EMAs a week ago, and now the track is available to stream online or download from iTunes. The song marks the first time Grey and Minaj have joined forces. It sounds like Minaj is working through some stuff on the track, seemingly rapping about an ex-lover. "I just figured if you saw me, if you looked in my eyes," she raps. "You'd remember our connection and be freed from the lies / I just figured I was something that you couldn't replace / But there was just a blank stare and I couldn't relate." Listen to the emotional anthem below, via "MTV News."

  • Fall Out Boy, Lupe Fiasco Release Chicago Bulls Anthem "Only the Bulls" [LISTEN]

    Fall Out Boy really loves it Chicago hometown. After featuring the city heavily in a recent video for "Centuries," the alt-rock band is celebrating the Windy City in another way... by championing the Chicago Bulls. Today (Nov. 7), FoB teamed up with fellow Chicago native Lupe Fiasco for a new Bulls theme song "Only the Bulls."
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