Pursuit of Dopeness

Lupe Fiasco has just released his new track, “Anima Pharm.” This definitely came out of nowhere, but you can’t be mad at new Lupe music. Listen to the new single here.

Source: FSD

Chicago is notoriously known for its violence and just recently the city’s darker side claimed the life of 6-month old Jonylah Watkins, who was shot multiple times in Chicago as her father changed her diaper. Controversial Chicago rapper touched on this subject about his hometown.

Hear the new track after the jump.

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Lupe Fiasco was recently named the creative director of higi and was in Austin promoting the new start up   Later on in the night, Lupe hit the Cedar Door stage for a surprise performance of “The Show Goes On.” Check out his performance up above.

Sources: FSD & Lerin Lockwood

Lupe Fiasco and Guy Sebastian stopped by Conan’s late night show to perform their single “Battle Scars” last night.  Check out the dope performance up above.

Lupe Fiasco made a brief return from his twitter hiatus to announce that he has canceled the second part of Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album. Check out a few tweets below and be on the lookout for a new project from Lupe this year. Possibly a Japanese Cartoon project? That would be dope.

Lupe and Guy Sebastian made their way to the Jimmy Fallon’s late night show to perform “Battle Scars.” Check out their performance backed by The Roots up above.

Source: Mr. World Premiere

Lupe Fiasco closed out his twitter account for the year, but not before releasing some new music.  Listen to his short track featuring an intro from Common up above.

Lupe Fiasco was the latest guest on Peter Bailey’s NitCap series.  They talk about the business of hip hop, the power of using curse words on a track and much more in part one of the interview.  Be on the lookout for the second part of the interview.

Part two can be seen after the jump. [...]

Longhorn Hip Hop and Sama’an Ashrawi have just released a great documentary about UGK on the 20 year anniversary of their debut album, Too Hard to Swallow.  There were many artists interviewed for the documentary including 9th Wonder, A$AP Rocky, Big Boi, Brother Ali, Freddie Gibbs, Hannibal Buress, Lupe Fiasco and many more. They speak on the first time they were introduced to UGK, their definition of trill, the legacy they are leaving behind and much more.

Lupe recently met up with Allindstrom.com to talk about Food and Liquor II, a new album titled Skulls, his venture with Vans, a new tour and much more.