Lupe Fiasco

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31.01.2008 00:00
The Roots are gathering stars to record new album
Members of hip-hop band The Roots announced that they will collaborate with several big-name guest artists on their upcoming album.

21.05.2009 17:18
Justin Timberlake will work as a sports journalist
Former 'N Sync member narrated an NBA documentary movie that was focused on two NBA superstars, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.

16.04.2009 14:01
Justin Timberlake will climb Kilimanjaro mountain
Justin Timberlake announced that he was going to climb Tanzanian Kilimanjaro mountain to raise awareness for the worldwide water crisis. Justin will be joined by rappers Lupe Fiasco and Kenna.

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Biography

Future rapper Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, also known as Lupe Fiasco, was born and brought up in Chicago, Illinois. There were many children in his family – Fiasco became the fifth kid among the nine brothers and sisters. No wonder, Lupe's father had to have several jobs in order to feed such an amount of children. However, he always had some spare time for them – so he gave records of Massive Attack to his son. It should be noted that for that moment, Lupe's attitude to rap was rather negative than positive – vulgar and aggressive lyrics irritated him, but after the acquaintance with Nas' works Lupe understood that rap differs like people do. While studying at the Thornton Township High School in Harvey, Illinois, Fiasco started rapping not knowing what the consequences could be. After listening to the album It Was Wrilleh by Nas in 1996, seventeen-year-old Lupe made up his mind to become a rapper too.

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