VIA: Bossip.com
Fresh off his climb up Mt. Kilimanjaro to raise attention to drinking water shortages, Lupe Fiasco recently got real deep and stuff, saying not only has the journey showed him he’s on the right path musically, he’s also convinced it’s his calling to help his fans find “self esteem” instead of Bentleys and chains.
Lupe says his journey up Mt. Kilimanjaro proved to be an illuminating one career-wise:
”You get to a certain point in your career and you wonder if you’re being arrogant or you are on the right path. This showed me I am on the right path with what I talk about. And now I have more to talk about.”
As he prepares to release his third album Lasers Lupe discussed the challenge of having to satisfy himself as well as his label:
”It’s less about me being a celebrity, because I guess I’m not really a celebrity,” he says. ”The most difficult part of the music business is the label. What I want to do and what they want me to do – creatively – is in conflict. It doesn’t keep me up at night. I look at it as a challenge. It’s not meant to be easy.”
”There’s a misunderstanding with my fanbase,” he says. ”People [at Warner] feel they know my fans more than I do. They want me to step out of my comfort zone and step into theirs. I don’t have necessarily the celebrity success they want me to have but it’s more social success and being able to speak at a college about world affairs. That’s a success, to me.
”I don’t want to be Jay-Z and be worth $400 million and perform on every awards show. It’s getting in touch with somebody who needs to improve their self-esteem. As opposed to driving a Bentley and putting some chains on.”
Despite the challenge he described in working with the label, Lupe says all parties are satisfied with his upcoming album Lasers, although it is currently lacking a release date.
”It’s an album we both feel comfortable putting out,” he says. ”I’m somebody saying the things that maybe 98 per cent of the music industry is not.”
In addition to his music career and film projects, Lupe is also working on a documentary he produced for the History Channel and his clothing line.
Wow, like Lupe is like, really deep, and stuff. From where we’re sitting, every rapper stays at odds with what their label wants them to do and we’re pretty sure Lupe isn’t the only rapper who is satisfied not being Jay-Z and not driving a Bentley or flossing with big chains — so to say he’s saying things 98% of the music industry is not seems a lil off.
Do you agree or do you think Lupe is just so deep and smart and cool and rebellious not to bow to Illuminati Hov and the capitalistic music industry structure???
