Lupe Fiasco Did Exactly What You'd Expect Lupe Fiasco To Do At An Inauguration Concert And He Got Thrown Off The Stage For It
Rapper Lupe Fiasco has been on the Fuck Obama train for a while now and he's known for not holding back his thoughts on the President. Lupe Fiasco has called Obama a "terrorist" who "killed children" by ordering drone attacks. So who ever booked Lupe's ass for the StartUp RockOn Inauguration Celebration at Hamilton Live in DC last night either doesn't know how Google works or knew what they were doing and wanted some easy publicity. Because during his set, Lupe Fiasco pulled a Lupe Fiasco by repeating a verse from his anti-war song "Words I Never Said" over and over again for 30 minutes. These are the lyrics Lupe rapped out on repeat:
Limbaugh is a racist/ Glenn Beck is a racist/ Gaza Strip was getting bombed, Obama didn't say shit/ That's why I didn't vote for him, next one either
The organizers told Lupe to keep it moving, but he didn't and just kept repeating those lyrics. The organizers finally pulled everyone out of the 30 minute-long anti-Obama tornado by flipping off the lights and turning off Lupe's mic. Lupe was then escorted off the stage. The organizers later issued a statement to HyperVocal saying that they didn't put Lupe on the curb because of his anti-Obama views, they put him on the curb because he was a broken record and they needed to keep it moving.
"Lupe Fiasco performed at this private event, and as you may have read, he left the stage earlier than we had planned. But Lupe Fiasco was not “kicked off stage” for an “anti-Obama rant.” We are staunch supporters of free speech, and free political speech. This was not about his opinions. Instead, after a bizarrely repetitive, jarring performance that left the crowd vocally dissatisfied, organizers decided to move on to the next act."
The hell did these bitches expect? This is like me inviting Victoria Jackson to officiate my gay wedding and then acting all surprised when she says, "Do you Michael take Anderson Cooper to be your seat partner on the Sodomy Express to Hell where your souls will burn for the rest of eternity for making God mad?" (SPOILER ALERT: I'd still say "I do!")
And on that note, Happy MLK Day and Happy Inauguration Day, everyone!
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Sounds like his regular schtick so the venue or event makes little difference. MK's right, if they invited him, what did they expect? That said, I'm surprised they waited 30 minutes to pull him off.
"seat partner on the Sodomy Express to Hell where your souls will burn for the rest of eternity for making God mad?" - hahahaha
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That last bit, hilarious. Victoria Jackson to officiate .... Hells no! Is this "Fiasco" known for this type of *radical* free speech (not even radical, but dude, do you want to be arrested????
My vision of world peace: a chicken in every pot, and pot for all us chickens...and weasels.
He gained a new fan in me
Lupe is known for talking shit about Obama. You invite him you got expect him to keep talking shit.. why would he now kiss ass.. whomever invited him is the same person who invited Janet for the Superbowl.. Janet was known to gyrate and grind on men during her concerts. She is into some freaky shit..
People have to research
OMG! LIVE MUSIC!?!?!?!
*passes out from happiness*
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God don't like ugly.
Lupe is one of the very few rappers I think is actually talented at rapping. Sure people like Kanye West make catching songs and good beats, but when it comes to the skill of just the vocals very few are even slightly impressive.
Submitted by Hekki on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 10:27am.
Lupe is a girl's name.
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Lupe can be a male or female name in latino culture (as far I know...) its short for Guadalupe. I know this cause a)my paternal gramps name was Guadalupe and b)hot guy in high school had the same name and both were called Lupe for short. Guadalupe Fiasco just sounds funny, ok I need to have a nap.
OT: I dig Lupe, but this performance would have gotten on my nerves lol
Lupe Fiasco doesn't fuck around. He hates fame and shitty people, so he probably just accepted this Inauguration Concert gig to state his views on stage. Haha! Love me some Lupe.
I am a big supporter of President O, but this guy has my respect for speaking truth to power. Especially appropriate on MLK day, no?
Submitted by crazyinjapan: "They put up with him repeating the same thing over and over for 30 minutes. I happen to agree with him, but I do not think they were censoring him. If they were censoring him, they would have:
a) not asked him to perform in the first place; or
b) yanked him off the stage as soon as he criticized the president.
By repeating the same phrase for 30 minutes, he was obviously instigating to get attention. And he got it. But I don't blame the people in charge for yanking him off the stage because he was being an asshole."
Totally agree. They let him say his piece for half an hour. That's NOT censorship.
Submitted by Foxxy Brown on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 1:32pm.
@ oh dave -- i thought we were speaking of "rap" and "music." how did Rick Ross get into this? ;-)
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@ oh dave -- i thought we were speaking of "rap" and "music." how did Rick Ross get into this? ;-)
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
@ Dollparts -- i agree with you with one exception. i would feed grandma shots of booze and prompt her to shut down the uncle herself
OT: did you see that b.s. dramatic posing and eyerolling that yellow piano stripe in the hair bitch did before she started to sing?!! i almost threw the remote at the tv
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
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Submitted by dementa on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 12:23pm.
Apparently some people here haven't heard rap today. :D It might as well consist of the same four lines:
"Booze booze booze
Clubs clubs clubs
Hos bitches hos bitches
I'm rich, I'm tough, I'm rich!"
apparently you've not listened to much lupe fiasco because that is the exact opposite of his musical mission
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I think you are in agreement. They are saying that if Rick Ross,etc. got up there all you would hear is the equivalent of four lines being repeated anyway.
I love Lupe. Love his message, his music. Everything. He's not your typical rapper, and could care less about being #1 on the radio. Holds true to his ideals. Love him always.
Is this guy a Dave Chappelle character?
Is repeating the same phrase for 30 minutes a regular part of his act? I am by no means a rap aficionado, but that does not sound very listenable to me.
Submitted by dementa on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 12:23pm.
Apparently some people here haven't heard rap today. :D It might as well consist of the same four lines:
"Booze booze booze
Clubs clubs clubs
Hos bitches hos bitches
I'm rich, I'm tough, I'm rich!"
apparently you've not listened to much lupe fiasco because that is the exact opposite of his musical mission
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
From a business POV if you're trying to expand your brand the last thing you need is one of your acts doing some low-impact self-promo on your time. For greater impact Lupe should have stopped his gig, launched into a well-constructed 10 minute speech of his grievances, and then walked off the stage. This chant put him at the same level of M.I.A.'s fuck-up of throwing the finger after taking the Super Bowl gig with Madonna.
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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time."
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" knew what they were doing and wanted some easy publicity."
this is like inviting Snoop or George Clinton to do a private concert and then throwing them off the stage and making a press statement because they lit up a blunt on stage. the event hosts knew this very likely would happen.
people who enjoy rap and hip hop music are already VERY aware of Lupe Fiasco, long before this happened. he already has the attention of the audience he wants. most likely those of you who have never heard of him are not his intended audience, and he is not a publicity and marketing whore like many others in his genre. Lupe is not Kanye or Jay-Z or Bruno Mars. he does not need your love and attention and money. Lupe is doing just fine selling his music without you
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
They put up with him repeating the same thing over and over for 30 minutes. I happen to agree with him, but I do not think they were censoring him. If they were censoring him, they would have:
a) not asked him to perform in the first place; or
b) yanked him off the stage as soon as he criticized the president.
By repeating the same phrase for 30 minutes, he was obviously instigating to get attention. And he got it. But I don't blame the people in charge for yanking him off the stage because he was being an asshole.
Submitted by dementa on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 12:23pm.
"Booze booze booze
Clubs clubs clubs
Hos bitches hos bitches
I'm rich, I'm tough, I'm rich!"
Actually that is all pop music today, from Ke$hit to Britney to J-Ho.
Never heard of him, but this works for me. Now if my doctor's office would turn the channel so I don't have to watch this tripe, my day would be made.
Apparently some people here haven't heard rap today. :D It might as well consist of the same four lines:
"Booze booze booze
Clubs clubs clubs
Hos bitches hos bitches
I'm rich, I'm tough, I'm rich!"
But the misogyny and artistic stupidity doesn't upset our dear oppressive overlord by implying he isn't a shining saint, so they won't get cut.
Submitted by Doll-Parts on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 12:19pm.
Actually, if I had a granny and uncle like that, I'd be too busy giggling about somebody telling Da Troof. Then again, granny doesn't have stormtroopers.
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I'm here to kick ass and drink tea. And I'm all out of tea.
"Submitted by ItsBritneyBitches on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 11:40am.
The only thing I'm mad about...."
You are mad more people don't listen to Eminem? Ha!
To whomever said all the organizers thought was "black rapper, Chicago, done!" I can see that. Even just being black it's annoying how much it is assumed I slobber all over Obama.
Re: Lupe. I think what he did was great, but wasn't it an Inauguration concert? e.g. pro-Obama? Of course it's not going to fly. It's inappropriate. Lupe wanted to do something awesomely inappropriate, which led to a logical conclusion. Nothing Gestapo-ish about it. People who do things like that don't want to be calmly tolerated. That is not the point.
Your grandma might be a raging cunt, but at her 95th bday bash you would probably shut down the uncle who ranted for a half hour about what a raging cunt she is.
Yuck. Beyonce is taking the stage now. She SUCKS SO MUCH! Came in off-key and WAY TOO MUCH VIBRATO! God, shut her up please!
*"Honey, your reputation is SHIT in this town."*
Well, I wouldn't want to listen to half an hour of the se four lines, no matter what they said.
Apparently he was thrown out for rambling for half an hour about God-knows-what instead of moving onto the next song. He'd probably be in the news daily with his antics just like Katt Williams, if anyone even knew who the hell he was.
Submitted by RandéSleepover on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 10:56am.
What, no one expected a fiasco?
*snort laughed*
He's an asshole, sure. But isn't this what they do in dictatorships? To censor and silence those who speak against the ruler? Again, he's an asshole, but there's something really unorthodox and un-american to throwing someone off stage for sharing his (even if shitty) thoughts. The organization can call it whatever they want to try and save face, but it still has a sort of Gestapo feel to it non?
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I'm guessing the only song they ever heard by him was Superstar and were like yea, this sounds like a good idea...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty0u1PzXfTo
Should have peeped more of his Discography. PS: He's one of the few rappers I like.
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"Vanity’s a business built to fleece the unique. Silicone and stars collide. The rest will fall in line. Just as beautiful as you are, it’s so pitiful what you are.You should have seen this coming all along."
The only thing I'm mad about is that no one notices that this rhyme is a blatant copy of one of Eminem's rhymes - the one on Fight Music.
Translation: How dare he try to ruin our overlord's inauguration with TRUTH!
Stupid bastards just brought him in because he's a black rapper from Chicago, and they probably figured that of COURSE he blindly supports Obama. I like this guy now. He trashes the filth of both parties!
Submitted by Miss Malevolent on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 10:45am.
What u said, sistah! Obama is a scary scary person, especially since I think all he wants is to be a celebrity and not an actual president.
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I'm here to kick ass and drink tea. And I'm all out of tea.
That's strange because I've heard similar things but from a completely different source. They were so adamant I decided to look into it expecting to discover he was completely wrong only to discover only evidence he was right. Sometimes we judge people for being weird or whatever only to discover they were telling the truth. Years ago everyone thought the world was flat and anyone who said it was round was considered a right weirdo.
All I know is, hold your judgement on this subject, this world and the people running it are not quite what they seem. Sadly :(
Lupe gets my vote. Anyone who thinks the Prez runs the US deserves everything that's coming.
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"You wait. They gonna get everybody on twitter, facebook, doing everythin' online and then they gonna pull the PLUG and we all gonna be FUCKED!"
Submitted by Detective_LaToya on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 11:29am.
yup. he did exactly as startuprock wanted. he was very satisfying to them, they just got what they needed and tossed him like their filthy hands were clean.
so i'm scaling back what i thought earlier. i knew nothing of this character and now knowing he's just being consistant/true to his shtick, the stinkeye shifts to the organizers.
*peddles off in a mint '88 yugo*
"Vocally dissatisfied" --- love this nugget of PC bullshit!
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"Look at this lamb, I'm going to make condoms out of it so that you can ride me until your pussy says 'baaaaaah.'"
~ASkars as channeled by Michael K
So why did they invite this guy to the inauguration? Didn't they ever listen to any of his lyrics?
*shakes head*
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A Lannister always pays his debts.
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What, no one expected a fiasco?
Lupe must have gone to the Madonna school of calling attention to yourself. it worked. I now know who Lupe is and I am a fan.
*off to Facebook to "Like Lupe"*
invited guest wants to be a rude muthafucka?
=GETS THE BOOT IN THE ASS ... -and he can take his "free speech" with him.
*peddles off in a mint '88 yugo*
Lupe has some out there thinking...but he's always been correct on Obama.
Obama has and will always be a megalomaniac narcissistic hypocritical fraud. Thank goodness for the cult of personality types, that helped to reelect him...the same types that put Kardashian on the map along with the other worthless celebs.
Obama = Another worthless celeb.
Welcome to the Idiocracy.
Ooooo so much for free speech when it comes to saying bad things about the leader.
Drones suck Obama..stop killing innocents to get the bad guy FFS. The images of him all distraught after Sandy Lane is a little hypocritical when you consider how many kids his drones have killed.
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America.. fuck yeah!
Never heard of him, and I don't listen to rap, but maybe I will like this guy. I like antics, shenanigans, critisizing Obama, and getting kicked off stage!
*"Honey, your reputation is SHIT in this town."*
I agree that Mush Limbaugh is a racist.
Submitted by TexnDoc on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 10:19am.
I'm sure Caca has something planned, not especially known to like to be beneath the fold news the next day.
True that. She must be *livid* that her thunder was stolen like Madge's career. Of course, this immense American event is all about Lupe and her and, you know, not the country they live in.
To be fair tho I can't see the video..is MK exaggerating when he says 30 min? I assumed he was. That's pretty excessive
Lupe is a girl's name.
Lupe is always who I tell people to listen to when they say rappers aren't talented. Very smart dude with a message. Whoever booked him probably did so because they're both from Chicago. Lupe definately came all over himself when he heard the news. Respect for speaking his mind.
Why Lupe? I used to like and respect you, but saying the same shit for 30 minutes (regardless of what it is)? Really?
Really?
Really?