Why didn't Lupe Fiasco achieve long mainstream success? | r/hiphopheads

Vintage Eclectic · Sep 8, 2023

kwazzy100 said:
Jay has always been with Def Jam, why would that change?

Lupe Fiasco's former mentor and business partner, Charles "Chilly" Patton, explained how Jay Z influenced Fiasco's decision to sign with Atlantic.

www.complex.com

boogers · Sep 10, 2023

because hes corny as fukk

Toe Jay Simpson · Sep 10, 2023

ISO said:
People don’t care about that there’s a bunch of rappers that are Trump supporters now and that hasn’t doomed their careers.

Lupe has said out of his own mouth the industry started backing away from him due to the Obama criticism. It was a different time then.

Skip2 · Oct 21, 2023

Street Knowledge said:
His ear for beats is ass

Tetsuo & Youth’s production is immaculate. One of the best produced hip hop albums.

Paper Boi · Aug 3, 2024

he's way better at what he does now.

his mainstream rap was basura and his dikk riders made it 1000x worse over some mediocre shyt