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“People have their morals, but morals aren't concrete. People think because I'm a Muslim that I pray five times a day, but you're never going to see that on a day-to-day basis. People fluctuate. To me, that was the most specific way to put it, the best way to be like, "I listen to this music, but it's the most violent music on the planet." But I like it, and to make up for it, I don't say the cuss words. That's how I get away with it.”

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Lupe Fiasco

Lupe Fiasco, born Chancellor Holt, is an American rapper and music producer. Known for his unique musical style and profound social and political commentary, his music blends elements of hip-hop, jazz, and funk. Lupe Fiasco's work often addresses themes of race, politics, and social justice. more

“I really embrace my hypocrisy. I embrace that because after I do that, I can move on; I can try and go away from that. You gotta understand what your problem is and know what it is, and then you can change it. You can't just be like, "I'm a hypocrite, and to not be a hypocrite, I'm just going to not do hypocritical things." You can't do that; you don't even understand what a hypocrite is.”

Trying Problem Moving Embrace Hypocrisy Going Away Hypocrite Hypocritical

Author:Lupe Fiasco

“Nature only goes so far. Nurture, what you raised on and what you ingest as a youngster, it really affects you when you grow up in really subtle, long drawn-out ways. And to find that, to hear that thing again all those years later and to realize that was the source, it's like, "What else has me twisted?" So now I'm going back to robots and cartoons; I go back to all this to see what got me the way that I am.”

Long Realizing Growing Up Nurture Cartoon Twisted

Author:Lupe Fiasco

“When I write, it's intimate. I write in the car, and I don't even hear, like, ambulances driving past me because I'm in my car, listening to the music, writing. I record in an attic with no booth. It's not like I'm in the dark with candles, but it's like a house, a home, and I record like that. I think that plays into the music.”

Thinking Writing Home Past House Dark Car Listening Driving Intimate Candle

Author:Lupe Fiasco

“The stuff that I make and the things that I talk about, you have to listen, so if the beat is doing too much, it's going to take you away. If the hook is too distracting, it's going to take you away. The hook just needs to be enough to get you from one verse to the next.”

Enough Verses Hook

Author:Lupe Fiasco