Lupe Fiasco Interview With The Windy City Times

Lupe Fiasco entertained teens at the Park West on Sunday, Aug. 17, in an invitation only concert sponsored by Coca-cola. The“ Refresh Your Flow Tour” hit major cities along with Chicago to give teens an opportunity to meet the artist responsible for the songs “Superstar” and “ Paris Tokyo.” With the line wrapped around the building, Lupe sat down for a few minutes to talk to Windy City Times.

Windy City Times: Many people may not know that you are from Chicago. Where did you grow up?

Lupe Fiasco: West Side, Madison and Kedzie. I went to school there until 6th grade then moved to the suburbs.

WCT: And now you are a Grammy winner. You seem like you have surrounded yourself with amazing artists. What was it like performing with Kanye West, Snoop Dogg and Jill Scott?

LF: It was dope, crazy experiences with Patrick from Fall Out Boy and The Roots. It's a dream come true.

WCT: I love your song “Hip Hop Saved my Life.” What inspired it?

LF: When I did that song a year and half ago, Hip Hop was getting a lot of bad press. I wanted to put a statement out there that Hip Hop saves a lot of people. Sometimes that's all people have got.

WCT: How did you get involved with the tour?

LF: Coca-cola invited me out. This gave me an opportunity to perform my music for a large section of my fan, which are underage kids and teenagers. I have done this venue before. This group can't come to the venues that are 18 and over.

WCT: Do you have other tours planned for the future?

LF: I am putting together a big college tour for the fall.
Then I am going back overseas.

WCT: And you just did Lollapalooza here in Chicago, so you are all over the place. What is the next step for you musically?

LF: Working on my next album and working on my label.


via EightMileRoad


-I heard about the college tour already..first dates have been announced.

But that he'll play concerts overseas again is news to me.
I'm sure it's gonna be dope.

I'm still waiting for a concert in Germany.