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Lupe Fiasco Hints At A Release Date For 'The Cool 2'

Lenny Kravitz, Grace Jones, Lauryn Hill, Lion Babe, Thundercat, SZA & More Rock The Afropunk Festival 2015 in Brooklyn, NY.

2015 will go down as a banner year for Lupe Fiasco, one in which he released a fantastic LP in Tetsuo & Youth, dropped inspired music videos and penned an eloquent article on ghostwriting in hip-hop. But it seems Lupe's not done giving the fans what they really want. On Friday (December 18), the Chicago MC tweeted out what appears to be a forecasted release date for his highly-anticipated The Cool 2, which would serve as the proper follow up to his fantastic 2007 LP Lupe Fiasco's The Cool, a record that still stands in the opinions of many as his finest, most fully-realized work to date.

Winter 2017 is a long ways away, but at least things appear to be moving. A ten year gap is quite a while to wait, but if it's even half as great as the first Cool, we'll be happy to exercise some patience.

Lupe Fiasco 2016 Tour Dates:

* Jan. 17 @ House of Blues – Anaheim, CA

* Jan. 20 @ Revolution Concert House and Event Center – Garden City, ID

* Jan. 24 @ Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO

* Jan. 28 @ Gas Monkey Live! – Dallas, TX

* Jan. 29 @ Scout Bar – Houston, TX

* Jan. 31 @ Republic NOLA – New Orleans, LA

* Feb. 02 @ Georgia Theatre – Athens, GA

* Feb. 04 @ Highline Ballroom – New York, NY

* Feb. 05 @ Toad’s Place of New Haven – New Haven, CT

* Feb. 07 @ 9:30 Club – Washington, DC

* Feb. 09 @ Wellmont Theatre – Montclair, NJ

* Feb. 10 @ The Wilbur – Boston, MA

* Feb. 12 @ House Of Blues – Cleveland, OH

* Feb. 13 @ Vogue Theatre – Indianapolis, IN