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...ke" and use the reworked version as a track on G.O.O.D. Music's Cruel Summer compilation. Yet for all of his building rap fame, Keef also got into a bit of trouble including a brief Twitter beef with Lupe Fiasco and then saw his name come up after the murder of rival rapper Lil Jo Jo.

"Chief Keef is a young boy from Chicago that came through the struggle," he told MTV News in third person back in August. "He...

Lupe Fiasco often draws fire for his political views, but don't paint the Chicago lyricist as unpatriotic, even if he does start off his new album, Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, Pt. 1, with a pr...

...an exclusive sneak peek.

Brooklyn Nets ballers Brook Lopez and MarShon Brooks will appear in the special episode of "RapFix Live" as we give our dedicated viewers the grand tour, but that's not all. Lupe Fiasco, Juicy J and Jay-Z's nephew, Mel Carter, are also set to appear.

On September 19, the younger Carter dropped Popular Stranger, a 15-track mixtape that he hopes will set him up as a mainstay in rap. W...

For all of his combative controversies, Lupe Fiasco has consistently opened crucial dialogue throughout his career, sometimes in the form of Twitter rants, most times in the form of well-tuned lyrics. While the social media tirades are a relatively new...

When Lupe Fiasco was on the road to release his 2011 LP Lasers it seemed as if the project would never see the light of day. These days, rarely does any album release date stick, and Lu's third had been delayed by his...

Lupe Fiasco has long questioned America's political system. On his debut album in 2006, the Chicago MC looked critically at this country's foreign policy on "American Terrorist," and on 2011's "Words I Never Said...

...Keef has seen his name in the news quite a bit this last week but unfortunately, none of it is for his music. Last Wednesday, the Chicago rap standout caused a stir on Twitter when he threw shots at Lupe Fiasco and then laughed off the death of local rapper Lil JoJo.

Keef has since claimed that his account was hacked, but reaction continues to pour in. Music industry veteran No I.D., who's also a Chicago na...

Lupe Fiasco has taken plenty of heat for his political opinions and the controversial lyrics they inspire, but he seemed to reach his breaking point Wednesday during a Twitter spat with fellow Chicago rapper Chie...

Lupe Fiasco knows all too well the power of words. Depending on where you stand, the term "bad bitch" may have positive or negative connotations, and the Chicago MC filmed the video for his new single "Bitch Bad"...

Lupe Fiasco may be best known for delivering fans his unforgettable debut album Food & Liquor, but no matter what, the LP the Chicago lyricist always manages to give us food for thought.

On Wednesday at 4 p.m. E...