Lupe Fiasco

Summary: Wasalu Muhammad Jaco (born February 17, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois), better known by his stage name Lupe Fiasco, is a Grammy Award-winning American hip-hop artist and producer. He first became known to the mainstream hip-hop community in 2005 when he appeared on Kanye West 's album Late Registration on the track ", Touch the Sky.", In 2006 Lupe released his debut album, Food &, Liquor on Atlantic Records , and in December 2007 he released his second full length album, The Cool . His next studio album, entitled Lasers, will be based on his high school life and will be released in Winter of 2009.

Filed under: chicago, hip hop, Hip-Hop, rap, underground hip-hop

Similar Artists: Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Gemini, Jay-Z, Talib Kweli

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Published 3/31/2010 by webteam
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