#lupe fiasco


The L.A.S.E.R.S. Manifesto

Here’s the video of The L.A.S.E.R.S. Man­i­festo

To Every Man, Woman & Child…

  1. We Want an End to the Glam­or­iza­tion of Neg­a­tiv­ity in the Media.
  2. We Want an End to Sta­tus Sym­bols Dic­tat­ing Our Worth As Individuals.
  3. We Want a Mean­ing­ful and Uni­ver­sal Edu­ca­tion System.
  4. We Want Sub­stance in the Place of Popularity.
  5. We Will Not Com­pro­mise Who We Are to Be Accepted by the Crowd.
  6. We Want the Invis­i­ble Walls That Sep­a­rate by Wealth, Race & Class to Be Torn Down.
  7. We Want to Think Our Own Thoughts.
  8. We Will Be Respon­si­ble for Our Environment.
  9. We Want Clar­ity & Truth from Our Elected Offi­cials or They Should Move Aside.
  10. We Want Love Not Lies.
  11. We Want an End to All Wars. For­eign & Domes­tic (Violence).
  12. We Want an End to the Processed Cul­ture of Exploita­tion, Over-Consumption & Waste.
  13. We Want Knowl­edge, Under­stand­ing & Peace.
  14. WE WILL NOT LOSE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT LOSERS, WE ARE LASERS!!!

Lasers are the oppo­site of losers. Lasers are shin­ing beams of light that burn through the dark­ness of igno­rance. Lasers shed light on injus­tice and inequal­ity. Losers stand by and let things hap­pen. Lasers act and shape their own des­tinies. Lasers find mean­ing and direc­tion in the mys­ter­ies all around them. Lasers stand for love and com­pas­sion. Lasers stand for peace. Lasers stand for pro­gres­sion. Lasers are rev­o­lu­tion­ary.
Lasers Are The Future.

We’re Not Losers… We Are L.A.S.E.R.S.!!!

Love Always Shines Every-time Remem­ber 2 Smile!

~Lupe Fiasco

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Hey Champ x Lupe Fiasco x FNF

With influ­ences from “art, his­tory, sci­ence, the 80s, car­toons, Where in the World is Car­men San Diego, and of course per­sonal misfortune/insecurity”, Hey Champ rocks it. The band is made up of Saam Hagshenas (vox, gui­tar, keys), Jon Marks (rhythm, vox, keys), and Pete Dougherty (keys, synths).

I’m dig­ging their music video for Gold Dust Girl. The open­ing part just reminds me of the rave scene from Matrix Reloaded (after Mor­pheus addresses Zion, and Neo & Trin­ity gets jiggy). Any­ways, check it out:

By the way, Lupe just recently signed them to his label FNF. For him to pick them up, you know they are headed no other way than up! Here’s Lupe broad­cast­ing Hey Champ’s sign­ing:

Con­grats! FNF UP!

PS. Check ‘em out at:

Inspiration — Nikki Jean, The Cool

Want inspi­ra­tion? Check this per­sonal video from Nikki Jean hear­ing her dreams come true. Now that’s Real.

Update
Here’s how Nikki Jean met Lupe (as posted on her Youtube vlog 2008-10-17).

Glow in the Dark Tour

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stechico/2431232915/

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Kanye West, co-starring: Rihanna, N.E.R.D, and Lupe Fiasco

Awe­some show. I went to the San Jose HP Pavil­ion one this past Sat­ur­day, 4/19th. Too bad I missed most of Lupe’s. Oh well, I guess I just have to roll and see him in a smaller venue.

Any­ways, this is a dope show/concert to go to—well worth the money and time. I scored an awe­some 4-star VIP tix and sat Front-2, Row-10, Seat-14 right dead-smack cen­ter and aisle.

Every­one was on point w/ their per­for­mances… and didn’t say the wrong city =) (I read that Kanye said “Seat­tle” up in the Sacra­mento Arco Arena show 4/18th)—no love for the Kings haha