lupe
Never one to hold his tongue about all things political, Lupe Fiasco recently took part in The Electric Burma Concert in Dublin, a celebratory musical event to honor political activist Aung San Suu Kyi. During his trip to Ireland, Lupe had an interesting convo with Ebony Magazine, discussing politics, music, his single "Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)" (for which he just dropped the video two days ago) and his upcoming LP, Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1. Read an excerpt after the jump and head over to Ebony for the full Q&A.
EBONY: Let’s talk about your new single, “Freedom Ain’t Free”, what’s your message there? What are you trying to get people to think about?LF: I question the concept of freedom. Is freedom really “free”? You have to pay for everything; everything comes at some type of cost; are you just going from one form of subjugation to another? As I said, I am just making statements. The song is a collage of different scenes through American history, and American pop culture. The struggles of Native Americans, the black community, the white community, the struggles of the far reaches of the U.S .empires.
EBONY: Lastly, tell me about the concept behind “Great American Rap Album, Part 1.”
LF: I don’t want to give too much away just yet, but is basically about my perspective of America and rapping. Just those two things: you will get songs about rapping and songs about America.
