L.A.S.E.R.S.

If you haven't already, please go out and purchase my guy Lupe Fiasco's "L.A.S.E.R.S." album. Show him the love and respect he deserves. It's definitely no "Food & Liqour", full of mainstream-like pop sounds but the message is indeed still floating through. I guess we can expect to hear more Lupe on the radio (Thanx to Atlantic). This is simply something completely new from the others but I will show my guy love regardless seeing that this album is definitely not his fault. I still may bump "Food & Liquor" and "The Cool" a bit more still. FNF UP all day and forever =).....Amani Out!

Lupe Fiasco: USA Network Character Approved Award Winner

Lupe Fiasco - Daydreamin Uke Cover

Ariel does it again ^_^

1-21-09 I'm Back!!!!

Hello blog and my fellow peepers ^_^ Sorry I've been gone for a min(a couple days actually). I've missin my blog tho as that time was goin by tho. I've noticed alot of things that happened throughout the last time I last blogged. My phone got completely turned off for one thing. I'm actually mad and kinda glad about it. I miss textin and tweeting on there the most and bein checked on by my fam and close friends. On the flipside, with the recession effecting me, i could do without it for say a month. It's given me more time to get other things done and less of a strainer. I mainly let it get turned off because i planned to cancel my second line because the shit is gettin too expensive for me to deal with. After gettin that dealt with then i will turn it back on.

Second of all, we got a black president ya'll!!! Lol, Barack Obama has become a spitting image to all cultures around the world the day of his inauguration. I was so ispired by his whole speech and the energy within his words just lifted me up whole to the point where I just wanna flat out say that "I love my country!!!" He made me actually love my country now and has become a leading role model in my life until the day i leave Earth. He's that perfect father figure Ive always dreamed of and always dreamed of becoming. He's plain friggin awesome dude and now he's our president. And like he said, it's up to us, the people to work together to re-build and shape our future and he's willing to do that with our help. We're pretty much in a fucked up situation with the economy and all but like he said, its not an overnite process....its gonna take awhile or maybe a term but he ensures changes happening little by little. But we as Americans are truly the ones that help shape our future and for what its worth. I say lets take a chance and for once believe in change and help make it happen. Obama is just one person. He cant do it alone. We needed Obama and now he needs us. Let's do it dammit!!!

And finally some goody goods that I noticed when I got home....Lupe Fiasco is dropping his third upcoming album, "Everywhere" in June. These words were spoken by himself while onstage at the Big Day Out(BDO) concert in Australia. Now he did at first originally scheduled it to be in the Fall but there's a lil early advancement I suppose lol. But Lu does have a record of not fully bein on point with hisdue dates so peeps are already thinkin like 'man he just may push it back to Fall. Idk tho but if he sticks to his word....i'm on it baby!!!! FNF UP!!!

Lupe Fiasco "Big Day Out Festival" in Auckland

Those are the first pics from Lupe's performance @ the Big Day Out Festival

in Auckland, New Zealand - January 16th 2009

Keep checking in at The LupE.N.D. Blog for more of this and more!

By the way, Lu does look like a Somalian refugee with that cut lmao. Wow!

Hey Champ & Lupe Tour Breakdown Mix

Lupe Fiasco - Fighters - Ukalele Cover

There's this certain ukalele player by the name of Ariel, who ive discovered playing Lupe Fiasco's "Fighters" posted by Sean on his blog site. This guy totally rocks and gets mad points for playing this song...especially with a ukalele.....my fav childhood instrument ^_^

Lupe Fiasco - New U.S. College Tour Dates

February 27th 2009

College of New Jersey
Trenton, NJ

April 3rd 2009

Calvin College - Van Noord Arena
Grand Rapids, MI

April 4th 2009

Eastern Illinois Univ. - Lantz Arena
Charleston, IL

April 17th 2009

Ross Sports Center - St. Michael's Coll.
Colchester, VT

April 19th 2009

Empire Polo Grounds
Indio, CA

April 23rd 2009

Burruss Auditorium
Blacksburg, VA

April 24th 2009

Carnesecca Arena - St. John's Univ.
Jamaica, NY

April 28th 2009

Hart Center - Coll. of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA

May 3rd 2009

The Mullins Center
Amherst, MA

Tickets should be available via the colleges
or TicketMaster soon.


Seems like Lupe doesn't take much of a break and stays almost
as busy as he was last year.

In case you go to one of those concerts....
feel free to send us your pics, videos or stories.

Just send an email to: ThekiDshadow@gmail.com

Thankies Sean lol!

Lupe Fiasco Says “Hip-Hop Is Coming To An End,” Yet Denies Singing For Indie Rock Band

According to XXLmag.com,

"After two tracks leaked onto the net by an indie band called Japanese Cartoon many fans speculated that the singer of the group was Lupe Fiasco. The Chi-Town rapper took to the Okayplayer.com forums to dismiss the rumors, among a list of other topics including his new album,the current state of hip-hop and new Interscope signee Charles Hamilton.

Over the weekend music by the British band hit the net and many sites said that it featured Lupe singing under the moniker Percival Fats. Yet according to the group’s MySpace page, Fats is a real person and while Lupe is not in the band, he is involved with the group financially.

“Percival Fats (Born Percival Hindenburg-Fats) Is NOT Lupe Fiasco (Born Wasalu Muhammad Jaco). Although he is a dear friend,” it read. “Lupe does finance the band but is NOT I REPEAT NOT THE SINGER IN JAPANESE CARTOON. He is however the producer and we value his participation very much.”

Lu, under the moniker FNF Up And Away ok, also cleared the air himself on the Okayplayer.com forums– where he has been known to post in the past. “I like those kids a lot,” he wrote. “Met the bass player overseas last year and their publicist/manager is a good friend from like childhood. May sign them. Not me singing though.”

During the forum chat, the Atlantic rapper also gave his two cents on the current state of hip-hop. “I feel like hip-hop is coming to sort of a..i dare say…an end???…(no pun intended),” he explained.
”It’s not the same energy…hasn’t been for a long time…just a bunch of nothing out there…take it how u may…I hope the new vanguard proves me wrong and brings back the day of substance minus the webcam video to announce its return.”

“Not ‘end’ in the since of cease to exist,” he clarified. “But more so transform into something else so expression is more meaningful…I put question marks on it because I still question my own thoughts about the feeling. But so many “what the fuck?!?!” moments have piled up so incredibly over the last few years that it begs a rethink of the trajectory of the art form.

As far as who the next generation he is speaking of, Lupe listed the Cool Kids and Charles Hamilton in that category. “I’m a ‘new nigga’ but old in the senses of the fast food generation…. the ‘new new niggas’ i.e. The Cool Kids, the incredibly interesting and thought provoking Charles Hamilton and the like are the vanguard I speak of…honestly I want it to change…never really been a fan of preserving…attention span is way too low and distorted for that hahaha.”

Fiasco also promised that his highly anticipated upcoming album, now titled Everywhere instead of LupEND, will be coming a lot sooner than expected.

As of press time there is no release date set for the album and still no word if this will be the rapper’s final album." –Elan Macini

Um....I actually wanna clear a few errors in that review...'Everywhere' is just one of three of the albums that makes up 'LupEND'. 'LupEND' isnt just an album itself for those who think its just one album. Second I totally agree with what Lu had to say about Hip Hop and where it's heading lately. I truely believe that the likes of Charles Hamilton, The Cool Kids, my peeps Ko*Starz, etc have the clarity to help bring some yet positive meaning to what 'we' have always respected in hip hop and to regain that missing formula we so far beg for.

To wrap things up about the whole Japanese Cartoon thing, I personally (sorry Lu) thinks that it's him just because it sounds like him, just with the british accent(sorta reminds me of his accent usage in his intro from 'Food & Liquor'). I'm never sayin that it's u tho Lu...I just think so. I can't help but be a lil curious. Overall, I still showz my love to my boy no matter what and u keep doing your thang Lu. ThekiD is out....

Hey Check Out This Article On Lupe Courtesy Of The Chicago Reader

Here's a article based on Mr. Fiasco and Japanese Cartoon posted by Miles Raymer of the Chicago Reader:

"There's something up with Lupe Fiasco where he only has ideas that are brilliant or awful, with pretty much nothing in between. Announcing that you're taking an early retirement and will be releasing a three-disc set as your final album? Terrible idea. Starting a rock band with the Google-fuxxoring name Japanese Cartoon, in which you adopt a thick, fake British accent and call yourself Percival Hindenberg-Fats? Tremendous. Also the songs sound like lo-fi punked-up Blur with beatboxing action, and that is a very good bit of thinking as well."

Ha! I find that this band could be as big as the Gorillaz was a few years back. I really hope he pulls through with this one tho. I'm so lovin this band ^_^

Did Lupe Delete His Twitter?

I really hope he's not leaving Twitter. I surely don't see his Twitter located anywhere along my peeps I'm following. We'll see.

Attention!!!! Lupe Proudly Announces The 1st Single Off 'Everywhere'...

The 1st single off Lupe Fiasco's long awaited album, LupEND's 'Everywhere', is titled 'Shining Down'. This is an exclusive update brought out by Lu himself. So hopefully this is excellent news to all Lupe Fiasco fans alike. FNF UP!!!!!!