Rapper Lupe Fiasco

JC29856

The Grammy nominated rapper was performing at the StartUp RockOn Inauguration bash at the Hamilton Live Theater when he publicly criticized the president. According to concertgoers, the 31-year old performer went on an anti-war, anti-Obama rant during which he shared that he didn't actually vote for the president.

Cosmo

JC29856 wrote:

The Grammy nominated rapper was performing at the StartUp RockOn Inauguration bash at the Hamilton Live Theater when he publicly criticized the president. According to concertgoers, the 31-year old performer went on an anti-war, anti-Obama rant during which he shared that he didn't actually vote for the president.

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So... what? Lupe Fiasco... voted for Mitt Romney???
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Next question... who is Lupe Fiasco?
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Commentary: Whoever this person is... good for him. Express your grievences with the way your country is being run. Just try to have your grievences founded in fact and truth, not rumor, gossip, lies and just plain made up shit.

josevolution

This is Speedy's favorite Rapper

EZ1221C

This is nothing new for Lupe. He is very radical in his political beliefs, almost to the point of an anarchist. I believe at this particular concert, he went on a tirade for about half an hour, repeating all or part of the first verse to the song "Words I Never Said" for around a half an hour over the instrumentals for the songs he was scheduled to perform. At that point, he was removed from the stage. Please correct me if I am wrong, but I think it was something along those lines. The lyrics in question are below:

"I really think the war on terror is a bunch of bulls***
Just a poor excuse for you to use up all your bullets
How much money does it take to really make a full clip
9/11 building 7 did they really pull it
Uhh, And a bunch of other cover ups
Your childs future was the first to go with budget cuts
If you think that hurts then, wait here comes the uppercut
The school was garbage in the first place, that's on the up and up
Keep you at the bottom but tease you with the uppercrust
You get it then they move it so you never keeping up enough
If you turn on TV all you see’s a bunch of “what the f***s”
Dude is dating so and so blabbering bout such and such
And that ain't Jersey Shore, homie that's the news
And these the same people that supposed to be telling us the truth
Limbaugh is a racist, Glenn Beck is a racist
Gaza strip was getting bombed, Obama didn’t say s***
That's why I ain't vote for him, next one either
I’ma part of the problem, my problem is I’m peaceful
And I believe in the people."

unsung

It's because Obama is black. :roll:

JC29856

whatever happened whatever was said during the set, i commend him for having the courage to make a point at the obomba pre party...maybe next time respectfully decline the engagement and list the grievances, but that prob would not have made "the news"

"I really think the war on terror is a bunch of bulls*** (valid point)
Just a poor excuse for you to use up all your bullets
How much money does it take to really make a full clip
9/11 building 7 did they really pull it (valid question)
Uhh, And a bunch of other cover ups
Your childs future was the first to go with budget cuts (valid point)
If you think that hurts then, wait here comes the uppercut
The school was garbage in the first place, that's on the up and up
Keep you at the bottom but tease you with the uppercrust
You get it then they move it so you never keeping up enough
If you turn on TV all you see’s a bunch of “what the f***s” (valid point)
Dude is dating so and so blabbering bout such and such
And that ain't Jersey Shore, homie that's the news
And these the same people that supposed to be telling us the truth
Limbaugh is a racist, Glenn Beck is a racist
Gaza strip was getting bombed, Obama didn’t say s*** (valid point)
That's why I ain't vote for him, next one either
I’ma part of the problem, my problem is I’m peaceful
And I believe in the people."

gimmesometruth27

lupe who?



why didn't they just get pitbull or something? they are equals on the shit scale IMO...


edit to add, that said, i admire that he used his platform to speak his mind. it takes courage to say things like that these days.

JC29856

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

lupe who?



why didn't they just get pitbull or something? they are equals on the shit scale IMO...


edit to add, that said, i admire that he used his platform to speak his mind. it takes courage to say things like that these days.

pitbull's back is bent

JimmyV

Rap sucks.

JC29856

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dimitrispearljam

JimmyV wrote:

Rap sucks.

CH156378

Haters be Hatin'. Word.

hedonist

Never heard of the guy - hell, I thought "fiasco" related to what happened, not that it was his name.

Cosmo

Never heard of the guy either. But, i like the fact that he raps about politics... rather than money, jewlery, cars and gold digging whores.
I'm glad he spoke his mind.

hedonist

Cosmo wrote:

Never heard of the guy either. But, i like the fact that he raps about politics... rather than money, jewlery, cars and gold digging whores.
I'm glad he spoke his mind.

I agree.

I checked him out a bit, fully expecting to see the typical shallow and misogynistic lyrics - and was pleasantly surprised.

Idris

I really like Lupe, after seeing a few interviews with him and hearing him speak a few years ago, no doubt he's well read, and he's for sure not the typical musician.

and his support for a Free Palestine is heart warming.

dancepartner

If this guy is so vocal about politics, why was he invited to a political gala?

JC29856

dancepartner wrote:

If this guy is so vocal about politics, why was he invited to a political gala?

he is involved with the promoter startup rock on. they prob thought he would be a polite guest.


During an interview with CBS in 2011, “My fight against terrorism, to me, the biggest terrorist is Obama and the United States of America. I’m trying to fight the terrorism that’s actually causing the other forms of terrorism.”
“You know, the root cause of terrorism is the stuff the U.S. government allows to happen. The foreign policies that we have in place in different countries that inspire people to become terrorists.”
Lupe has also criticized Obama’s stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and has stated that he does not vote in elections because of his anti-establishment views.

Jason P

This guy may be a no name or one of the biggest names in the rap game for all I know.

dancepartner

JC wrote; "he is involved with the promoter startup rock on. they prob thought he would be a polite guest."
You are probably right. Still, all our tax dollars going to all this crap & yet nobody was paid to check out the performer list and/or their views or their music beforehand?

I see this like the AMT threads about when Vedder wings one of his political bombs during a PJ show. Some here are offended, want the performance to be just music, but given that PJ sings about social ailments, I'd say you have to expect a bit of rhetoric at said show. However, when you are paying for entertainment at your big hoopla, I see it as poor taste to use that pulpit to slime the guy who bought your services.
If this rapper is that 'big' then he could still 'speak-out' about his grievances on his own dime; at his own shows.

By my posts, most of you are probably quite aware of my grievances with how things are going down. Views that dole out the blame for a much broader reach than just Obama's reign. I could probably agree with this rappers views but certainly not his decency. But! that might just be a rapper expectation; devoid of decency!

I'll add to another's list of what rappers always rap about. It's the main reason I don't like rap. With women, they don't just rap about gold-diggin' ones but rap also about the bitches, the c--nts, the whores and with that, goes an attitude of disrespect for the whole gender.
My conclusion; rappers in general don't have much class no matter how many diamonds they wear.

JC29856

now that you mention is Ed has been pretty mum on the politics at the shows say for the last 3 or 4 years