All Black Everything, a song in Lupe Fiasco's Lasers (album), All Black Everything, also brings Afrofuturism to the front.
As Jay goes to a new school, meets a new friend, Thomas, who's a pre-teen pro skateboarder, he tries get money so he can record his demo all over again after it getting it stolen, but when there is a skating competition for a 10,000 and a chance to be in Lupe Fiasco's new video everything changes.
Lupe Fiasco, "The Child" of the hip hop supergroup Child Rebel Soldier
"East Meets West," a series on East/West cultural crossroads, included interviews with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, Muslim philosopher Tariq Ramadan, Muslim rapper Lupe Fiasco, Indian filmmaker Mira Nair, and Pakistani rock icon Salman Ahmad.
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Arthur cites American inspirational public figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Pauley Perrette, Michael Jordan, Eminem, Steve Jobs, Nas, Lupe Fiasco, Jay-Z and 2Pac as major influences, with 2Pac being his biggest.
Fiasco added "Battle Scars" to his album Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 in countries other than Australia, credited as a duet.
While past reports have calculated Crawford's blog as only having 40,000 unique readers, his addition to XXL magazine's roster of online columnists and publicized feuds with artists, their fans, and their family, including Bun B, Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Donda West, and Joe Budden have boosted his profile considerably over the past few years.
The band's music also been used in a number of films such as Shaun of the Dead, Riders (Steal), the snowboard video "From with Love" (Mack Dawg Productions), and has been sampled by hip hop artist Lupe Fiasco on his second single, "Daydreamin'".
Patrick "Plain Pat" Reynolds is an American songwriter and record producer, noted for working with Drake, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige, Kid Cudi, Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Ghostface Killah, The Roots, Lloyd, Young Gunz, Myron and The Kyniptionz, Ashanti, Ludacris, Freeway, Ja Rule, N.O.R.E., and The Mutton Birds among others.
As a writer for Ozone Magazine, Rohit has written features on and conducted interviews with the likes of Jermaine Dupri, Twista, and Lupe Fiasco.
In 2012, they went on to work with Lupe Fiasco on his newest single “Bitch Bad” on his forthcoming album, “Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1.” The two teamed up with Poo Bear to work on his R&B opus “BEATS 2 BREAK UP 2″ which they did almost all the production aside from “Made You Break Up With Me” produced by Mr. Pyro.
The video features Pamela Anderson, Nia Long, Tracee Ellis Ross, and the Booker T. Washington High School Marching Band of Houston, Texas, which performs with Lupe Fiasco at a pep rally.
The US version of the award ceremony, the Urban Music Awards USA was launched on 7 July 2007 at Hammerstein Ballroom hosted by Foxy Brown and Spragga Benz with award winners including Danity Kane, Jay-Z, Grandmaster Flash, Sean Paul, Beyoncé, Bobby V, Enrique Iglesias, Rihanna, Lupe Fiasco, Mary Mary, Amy Winehouse, Leona Lewis and more.