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April 7, 2011 – While B.o.B turned "Airplanes" into a smash hit, Lupe Fiasco had originally cut his own track using the now-ubiquitous hook by Paramore's Hayley Williams -- it has just leaked online and you can hear it now (via Some Kind of Awesome).
Hear Lupe Fiasco's version of "Airplanes (feat. …
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March 8, 2011 – Lupe Fiasco's oft-delayed, way too overthought third album fuses the seething, political rap of the underground with the motivational, occasionally emo fist-pumping that's been at the top of the charts in the past year. "Words I Never Said" is like B.o.B's "Airplanes" or Eminem's "Love the Way You Lie" with a dash of early-'90s Ice Cube and a whole bunch of Evanescence angst. …
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February 28, 2011 – For most of Lupe Fiasco's free show at the Williamsburg Music Hall in Brooklyn Sunday night (officially the Walmart Soundcheck presented by Axe Body Spray), the confrontational rapper didn't say much. …
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December 27, 2010 – Artists worldwide got into the holiday spirit in 2010, offering up free downloads, brand new videos, and more. …
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June 9, 2010 – Kanye West turned 33 yesterday, but he didn't celebrate by tearing up the clubs in Chicago, bashing former presidents on MTV, or interrupting pop stars during their award-acceptance speeches.
Instead, he performed a free concert for three Chicago Public Schools as part of the Kanye West Foundation's third annual "Stay in School" event -- a program targeted at improving students' grades, behavior and attendance [via the Chicago Tribune] …
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May 10, 2010 – B.o.B. has the top album on the Billboard charts right now, but even so, Lupe Fiasco remained the No. 1 star of the pair's Steppin Laser tour, which finished strong in Seattle Friday night.
Until last week's release of The Adventures of Bobby Ray, B.o.B, aka Bobby Ray Simmons, was an ATL-bred mixtape king. …
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March 10, 2010 – Never shying away from a good cause, hip-hop stars Lupe Fiasco and Kenna -- who recently climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to fight the worldwide water crisis -- have just released the video for "Resurrection," their collaborative benefit song to support relief efforts in Haiti. Watch below.
Produced by Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda, "Resurrection" works as both a club bumper and a sincere tribute to the horrific tragedy. …
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April 17, 2009 – This week Green Day gave lucky fans a sneak peek of their summer tour, Jack White's new band, the Dead Weather, debuted live, Rihanna planned her comeback, and Phil Spector was convicted of murder. …
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April 14, 2009 – Justin Timberlake and Lupe Fiasco have been recruited by Ethiopian-born pop singer Kenna to climb Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro later this year in an effort to raise money and awareness for the worldwide water crisis.
For Kenna, the mastermind behind the trip, the cause is close to heart: "My dad almost died as a child from waterborne diseases in Ethiopia," he told Elle Magazine. …
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