Lupe Fiasco
Lupe Fiasco ( born February 16, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois as Wasalu Muhammad Jaco ) is an American rapper.
- 2.1 Studio albums
- 2.2 mixtapes
- 2.3 Singles
- 2.4 As a guest musician
Life
Family
Lupe Fiasco is the youngest child of the Jaco family. He has four brothers and five sisters. His father was a successful African drummers and karate teacher, his mother a gourmet cook. Fiasco grew up with his Muslim family in Chicago, where already hip-hop greats such as Common, Rhymefest, Kanye West and Twista were great. In the 8th grade Lupe began rapping. Really seriously he pursued the matter but only when he was 17 years old. 2007 died Fiascos father.
Starts at Epic and Arista Records
In 2000, the then 18 -year-old was with his four - man crew at Epic Park Since a record deal. Since the success of the first single with Da Park, however, failed to materialize, the group broke up again.
Then took LA Reid of Arista Records Fiasco as a solo artist under contract. At this time, Lupe had several guest appearances. Among other things, on the singles Kiss Me ( 2002) and Did You Know (2003) by Tha ' Rayne and later K Fox's This Life ( 2004). In October 2003, he released the song Coulda Been, several mixtapes followed. In addition, he achieved much popularity over the Internet. However, the breakthrough did not succeed.
Atlantic Records
2004 was the record deal with Arista Records. Lupe Fiasco was, however, equal to the renewed commitment of Atlantic Records. Jay -Z was working just to his long-players The Blueprint and The Black Album and was looking for a suitable successor. For this reason it offered Fiasco a record deal with Roc -A -Fella Records (now Def Jam ). Lupe beat the offer from but since he just founded his own record label, which was called the 1st & 15th Entertainment ( F & F ) with his friends. Jay -Z offered his support and helped with the solo debut Lupe Fiasco 's Food & Liquor active with.
With Kanye West together, he wrote the song Touch the Sky, which came on the market in April 2006. After the Single Kick, Push was released. East Coast rapper Fabolous and West Coast rapper The Game Fiasco offered to guest appearances.
2006 offered to Brian " Busy" Dachowski of Atlantic Records Lupe and his colleagues Dusean Bishop G to take over a radio broadcast of FNF radio. The transmitter is aimed primarily at students. In Lupes broadcast mainly hip-hop and Fiascos played their own songs. Also various discussions on the topics of politics, music, sports and entertainment have been sent.
At the same time render the label Atlantic Records, one the already meager promotional activities for the album Lupe Fiasco 's Food & Liquor, because the album did not seem to make it big on the charts. Nevertheless, the Committee of the Grammy Awards nominated the album Lupe Fiasco 's Food & Liquor and the single kick, push in 2007 for " Best Rap Album " and " Best Rap Solo Performance" and " Best Rap Song".
The single Daydreamin ', which was created in collaboration with the R & B singer Jill Scott, was not published until the end of 2006 and was therefore nominated in 2008 only at the Grammy Awards. She won Best Urban-/Alternative-Darbietung in the category. However, the song was successful internationally than in the U.S. charts.
Name
The stage name " Lupe Fiasco " is made up as follows: The last two letters of his first name Wasalu are the beginning for "Lupe ". " Fiasco " is derived from the song " Firm Fiasco " by the rap crew The Firm
The second album
On 18 December 2007 (USA) and on 7 March 2008 ( Germany ) appeared Fiascos second studio album Lupe Fiasco 's the Cool. It did not bring it though the big success, but was able to continue his debut. In addition, he succeeded with the song Superstar, with the support of folk rock singer Matthew Santos, an international hit which came out in the U.S. and Great Britain in the Top 10.
Fiasco announced by The Cool at first to publish only one album. As a reason for his departure he gave to the limited commercial success of his debut album. His last album was the title LupE.N.D. carry and contain 3 CDs. The title is a combination of the name Lupe and END, which should symbolize both his Karrerieende, on the other hand represents the first letter of each name of the three parts of the album: The first disc should Everywhere hot, the second Nowhere and the third Down Here.
In February 2009, Fiasco drew back end of his career and announced more albums.
Discography
Studio albums
Mixtapes
Singles
As a guest musician
Awards
2008: Grammy: Best Urban / Alternative Performance for Daydreamin featuring Jill Scott