Scootie/Foter.comI have an
article up at the Libertarian Republic on the often
controversial rapper Lupe Fiasco’s response to Kendrick Lamar’s
“Control” verse that came via a tweet at the president. An
excerpt:

Fiasco is no stranger to controversy and holding views
that may not be typical of mainstream rappers. In 2011 he called
Barack Obama “the
biggest terrorist,” leading to an amusing
O’Reilly Factor segment that had Fox
News’ Bill O’Reilly defending Barack
Obama and his foreign policy against Lupe Fiasco’s criticisms.
Earlier this year, he was booted from
a pre-inauguration show in DC. He had spent half an hour rapping
anti-Obama, anti-drone lyrics. Rapping against the president isn’t
as popular now as it was when George
W. Bush was in the White House
(see Jay-Z’s “My President is
Black” vs. Eminem’s “Mosh Pit”;
the Blue Scholar’s “Hussein” might
come closest to anti-Obama rap, but not quite).

Lupe Fiasco actually locked his Twitter account after expressing
opinions on the George Zimmerman verdict (that the rule of law is
not based on emotions but reasonable doubt) that caused a bit
of a backlash from some of his fans.

You can read the whole article here.