Lupe Fiasco gives his thoughts on the Kanye West situation.

[@MikeyDunksMusic]

"You gotta watch what you say, right, but more importantly than that, you gotta be honest about what you believe in." - Lupe Fiasco

[@CorporationSKY]

If they don't start cooking them shots, they will start cooking us...whooo that's a bar.

[@srdvizions1345]

@@CorporationSKY On some Soylent Green typa shits..

[@sethmossberg1946]

Too bad what he believes is a provable lie.

[@CorporationSKY]

@@keith3946 What you want him to name them individually, cause my boy...THE LIST IS LONG! I get exactly what he means and it's a poor person's mentality to hate a nameless group without doing any digging 1st. Ever heard of "Blackrock"? Start there for your "they" and follow the money backwards

[@CorporationSKY]

@@keith3946 Do you know what a conspiracy is? I'm trying to dispell some of your deliberate obliviousness but fine, stay asking remedial questions on videos that open your eyes. I hope you don't spread your stupidity with the masses and you stay alone, at home, with cheeto stained fingers and your hopeless attitude. People need to have some positive productive, constuctive thought, and you're obviously a sheep or pied piper mouse.

[@MR.FREEDMAN]

"He (Ye) is a character that brings out the enigma of the human condition" Only Lupe could sum up the chaos and complexity of Ye in such few words.

[@Maynard0504]

enigma of the human condition LMAO are you serious he's just an anti-semitic idiot believing in ridiculous conspiracies

[@samuelcroissant87712]

It sounds good but is off. I don’t think he’s difficult to understand if he seems like all he does is seek is white approval. He can give a peek into mental illness and narcissism but not much more.

[@samuelcroissant87712]

He says after that he makes you see your contradictions, I’m not sure if he’s talking about his personal relationship with him, but in terms with the public, saying 400 years of slavery is a choice, normalizing a common white supremacist tactic to deter BLM w WLM and now anti-semitism, is a more of a peek into his contradictions

[@t-flair8993]

I was literally just thinking the same thing!

[@MR.FREEDMAN]

@@samuelcroissant87712 I'm pretty sure he's referring to all of us that have an opinion of Ye's actions. I understand why people get mad at him. As a black man, I roll my eyes often with Ye. But that being said his contradictions often times highlight our own contradictions. Often time it seems like the public's frustrations with Ye are always surface leveled and not considering how this man communicates. Most people have not bothered to listen to his long form interviews. Ye talks like most older black dudes in my neighborhood. He's not always articulate, he communicates in "rough drafts". That does not excuse his behavior but it maybe gives some pause to say "everyone is different and believes different things".

[@nikhilchandra3778]

I was never this focused to hear someone speak with so much sense and maturity. Lupe was using the words cautiously with a great sense of awareness.

[@eryn3003]

Lupe always does

[@bigdaddy3621]

You have to navigate the world of tricknology very carefully

[@sparda9060]

He got cautious wayyy back then when he was on late night talk show shouting out "Down with the Illuminati" and he disappeared for a really long time after that. so yeah he been cautious ever since that incident.

[@cainification]

@@sparda9060 lol uhh okay

[@shabbaranks7968]

Cringe speech

[@joncmon4trophyclub]

Lupe almost talking like Bruce Lee. The knowledge comes out in a cadence that set a tempo for your mind to really focus on what he’s saying if you are able to focus on what was asked.

[@bigdaddy3621]

Bruce Lee was a real one. Probably because he was born in Cali. Westside 🖖🏾

[@johngist3761]

Lol definitely sounds like Bruce. "be like water."

[@oglatte7505]

damn i can see that!! they both talk carefully (almost even slowly) and with integrity. good catch bro

[@jnnx]

Bruce didn’t just talk, he woke up and ran 3 miles everyday. He trained everyday. Bruce was ‘BOUT DAT LYFE. . .

[@bigdaddy3621]

@@jnnx Bruce Lee was a gangster born in California.

[@DuncanUdaho67]

Lupe is the actual intelligent rapper that these wannabe “intelligent” rappers think they are. Someone who does ACTUAL research.

[@_audacity2722]

It's a shame we got more people listening to Kanye instead of Lupe

[@kingjames2381]

The GOD MC!

[@adamsprague807]

Clueless. Lupe was pushing the vaccine. Shows how good he is at doing actual research

[@jorgevelez2458]

beautifully put

[@LIBryda]

It's crazy how real MCs can articulate themselves so well, when explaining their thoughts/feelings

[@THEEVIBRANTONE]

they’re wordsmiths

[@D-One]

In this case it's more about intelligence, culture and maturity. Theres lots of real MC's on the more ignorant side of things.

[@D-One]

@@AlexanderDivineEmcee Yeah most of it, not all at this level tho, people like Lupe arent really the average MC.

[@kingjames2381]

What’s crazy about it? He’s a writer duhhhh

[@dfree1442]

Absolutely, and I notice how most of this thread is trying to cut you down for making that statement. 🧐

[@wherevinoat]

Lupe the goat, loved how comprehensive this answer was

[@mindbully]

This was easily the best commentary I’ve heard on the Ye situation. Fair, level-headed. Insightful.

[@_audacity2722]

Try listening to what he was saying about Kanye last year. Your opinion will flip. Most y'all can't hear anything if it isn't pure praise

[@mindbully]

@@_audacity2722 I don’t have to do shit.

[@_audacity2722]

@@mindbully oh it would trigger you anyways brother

[@mopnem]

Dude said alot of nothing. Practice critical thought

[@mindbully]

@@mopnem Not unlike your god, Kanye. He’s mastered the art of discursive drivel.

[@michaelpeak2438]

Lupe is the best for this man. Very refreshing and most of all truly humane and empathetic. Exactly what everything and everyone needs now more than ever.

[@danielw7290]

Captivating speaker. Lupe always one of my favorite cause he is aware of what’s happening. Glad to see someone acknowledge Ye for who he is.

[@Go.el_Hadam]

Nuance and layers. The reason Lupe is on my mount Rushmore.

[@jahkwonlewis9934]

💯💯💯

[@fatlann]

this is why Lupe is my favorite lyrical artist but also with the way that he speaks, and he doesn’t even realize but he writes books as he’s talking. he speaks like he has a PHD in English. But the main emphasis is that as Lupe said, that Kanye has been an enigma of the human condition: pain is a vessel that can translate into different directions….I personally can honestly stand on the hill about how he’s deeply traumatized from physical injury, his mom’s loss from physical injury from a surgery that went wrong, being belittled and honestly psychologically tortured by being told he’s not shit. but I know the real Kanye is there, deep down, trying his best to be the best he can be despite the pain. We all profit off of Kanye’s pain, whether it’s enjoyment or even people wearing their sneakers everyday to look like him….a reference to what Lupe already said about how for 20 years ppl talked like him acted like him etc. Everybody wants a piece of Kanye, just like everybody wanted a piece of Marilyn. I think Ye has good intentions, but when you are depicting pain, pain can be a vessel for “demons” to slip through. Amazingly well said. I honestly have a very Chicago/Chicagoland perspective on mental health, having gone through the system many times personally and being misdiagnosed & having been in major accidents. I don’t think he’s this like “bipolar” man and all that….I think he was growing up in Chicagoland where it’s tough as fuck to be a creative, and especially at his time. People gave you shit. And on top of it, he was a confident black man and at his time of emergence: people were 2000s racist as fuck. I don’t think he’s the character that white media depicts him as. He contrarians, yes. But he’s soulful deep down, and his trauma has possessed him. To me he’s not bipolar. I think he’s been through a lot and the world regularly tries to consume & discard him. But there’s that door to him, via his trauma and his pain because it’s trauma after trauma after trauma. Just my Chicagoland analysis. Loved what Lupe said. Lupe is wise. He always knows how to speak his mind brilliantly. Thank you Lupe. I pray that Kanye is given the chance to comeback, with the work that he’s done to receive a great comeback because he is struggling with mental trauma. I believe he will. He’s been a media takeout for so many years and hurt and harassed, trying to empower. Chicago perspective is that we see so much and undergo so much that when people are tripping bc of trauma we know: we know that they aren’t actually like that. But now white media has sensationalized things and the whole bipolar narrative has heavily been hurting people (bc of his diagnosis and the way that it was handled around) since 2018. A lot of people spreading the “egomaniac” “bipolar” “narcissism” narratives, don’t understand mental health or have never taken an actual psychology class nor read Google scholar from accurate sources…..👀👀👀and get their information from: social media lol. Bipolar is rare, and complex. Idk how to describe the difference between the Chicago mentality about mental health and people who genuinely are struggling, it’s difficult to describe. Due to lack of resources, and violence etc etc a lot of people have PTSD. He just needs to sit in therapy and process, with someone who he can trust who won’t rat out his personal information or someone who won’t put medical biases onto him. Because a lot of people fuck over celebrities and it’s probably hurting him with who is going to media takeout him or overdramatize his situation medically within bias…. Food for thought.

[@IbelieveinJesusAmen]

Absolutely fantastic and simply brilliant comment. Thank you for sharing. So much potential and good in us all.

[@VOLSTICEARCHIVE]

Great take

[@acharich]

✨💎✨

[@TheAriell427]

I just wanna thank you for this soul food. Having been down roads I can't unsee, it makes absolute sense how the entire process of diagnosing patients is financially motivated, too. First off, the more serious the diagnosis, the more certain that insurance will pay out. And this has created a pipeline of acceptable madness among the populace. People sometimes want that social security disability, too, because maybe they have unresolved trauma or for some other reason. Security. A little slice of that UBI promised land. But here we are, 2022, and that promised land is a sunken place. UBI might as well be Universal Basic Ignorance because who tf sits around and takes crumbs from a digital spigot that can be shut off at any time based on social credits? Ye's story is just a tale of things to come... the details change, the players change, but the same beat goes on. People playing people, because the upper hand is not the same as Hand Washes Hand. There's always going to be someone who wants to play the victim narrative, that's just how Karpman Drama Triangle works. There's always going to be someone who wants to claim moral high ground, for political or socially conscious reasons. But overreactions don't bode well for the system, itself, because just imagine what could happen once the structure is in place for hypercontrols? Why, a dictator, of course, but if you're lucky, the dictator's "benevolent".

[@blaze1147]

100

[@Nicole.Bailey22]

Lupe is such a beautiful intellect. He summed up Ye and the current situation without making any disparaging remarks. Salute sir!

[@iamderekwilliamz4841]

he said so much without using a lot of words, love LUPE!

[@adamp.8571]

The only person that I genuinely listen to when it comes to Ye

[@thabompofu6630]

Ye recently said the world needs people like Lupe

[@dealowmorgan885]

he sure did

[@Kfordca]

Do u know where?

[@LeYerrr]

🧢

[@ptrcrispy]

@@Kfordca Drink Champs interview, called him even a "supercomputer" due to his intelligence

[@_audacity2722]

That's funny because last year Lupe was pointing out how crazy and foolish Kanye is ... But y'all Kanye fans are too immature to ever listen to criticism

[@gjwilliams4098]

Lupe Fiasco is a great rapper. GREAT. But he also very interesting, introspective, calculated, nuanced, honest, articulate etc etc...all things good.

[@ProletarianTakeover]

These white kids love you. When they sing along it’s not hate.

[@TheBeLuvdTRex]

I like how everyone laughing when he's clearly being serious... We do as a whole have bigger fish to fry. Bigger than whats on your social media, bigger that television, netflix. We are here to do something and the vast majority arent doing that and just like in life our overall existence is affected by the fact that we really dont do much. We must practice moderation and self control folks.

[@pay-o-matteo]

He was just talking about getting vaxxed. Please okay🤣🤣

[@dffgffffffdddddddddd]

@@pay-o-matteo You are a perfect example, you focus on a singular comment and ignore the bigger picture.

[@pay-o-matteo]

@@dffgffffffdddddddddd I'm the bigger problem? Nahh yall bandwagon interneters are the problem Bashing Ye for believing what he wants cuz it's not what yall wanna believe 🤣🤣carry on tho. I guess lupe is cool again

[@agipson101]

@@pay-o-matteo news flash the world n u will the same

[@pay-o-matteo]

@@agipson101 I don't watch the news 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@hobb125]

You can tell. Lupe is watching what he says.

[@_audacity2722]

The fool lets his mouth flap without thinking. The wise man weighs his words.

[@Che1seabluesdrogba11]

Lex Fridman needs to have Lupe on, He a legend and been controversial figure throughout his career.

[@Aquamayne100]

Lupe ahead of the curve as usual

[@Aquamayne100]

@@ItsMe-sg5ow appreciate it ✊

[@SunDolceMusic]

Man lol I wan be like him! #great

[@Savvce]

Wow this man has such a powerful way with words. He gave the perfect analysis on Kanye. We need to get this man his own podcast lol.

[@Savvce]

@punkmonk yeah he’s without a doubt one of the best lyricists in the game.

[@destron5150]

He had one with royce lol shit fell apart.

[@worldwidegamingbros5127]

He did have his own vids to expand your knowledge and mind and only a small handful including myself would tap in for that knowledge he was spitting.

[@AnotherblackmanOG]

Lupe is the leader we never asked for, but needed at the right time. The leader trying to ignite other leaders watching him. I watched him do a Ted Talk in D.C. and he laid out the whole entire way change is enacted through registrations and voting. Then he blew the top off the place until they cut the power.

[@Bee_Mavrick]

Lupe has no choice but to speak cautiously.

[@barry4649]

I could listen to Lupe talk all day, he’s such a knowledgeable person

[@edbtz123456789]

Mashallah. The world needs him. Stay alive lu

[@PhenomenonThePoet]

Lupe… what a legend. ❤️ Chicago salutes you.

[@thepoeticgenius1986]

Man I love this brotha....I can listen to Lupe tell it how it is all day about so many things.

[@SPOOK1999]

American Terrorist Pt1 by Lupe Fiasco is one of the GREATEST SONGS EVER💯

[@chillinleofresco7162]

Hope they hear the words and understand.. I’ve been a listener of Lu since day one and that’s artistry and life.

[@darrellgoudeau2961]

They are master's of words

[@MetaMan09]

Thank you for posting this 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🔥🔥🔥

[@cobyhanks29]

This is the best Commentary on Ye your gonna get. Lupe is somehow so unbiased on this even though he has so much history with ye.

[@relativelybasic]

Nah they don't have much history other than being from Chicago and having one song. Lu has said he don't know Ye like that. They not close.

[@prestondaniels3890]

Lupe a true leader , spoke all facts

[@DaveThaBossDTB]

You know what's crazy. If a white kid tells Lupe how happy and grateful they are for his music his first thought would be: "Why this white nigga talking about my music?"

[@chetubetcha7446]

I need this entire interview ASAP!

[@DrBigFMC]

I shouldn't be surprised that Lupe came out with the mose eloquent nuanced summary of this situation. You can tell the truly intelligent because they think before each sentence.

[@thekingofabs8490]

Thank you Brother! I Love the Truth that you spoke, the transparency you showed, and the exposure of how we are so ready to hate one another without considering our individual or majority hypocrisy. Further, the beauty, the disappointment and the enigmatic brilliance of our brother Kanye🙏🏾❣️💪🏾✊🏾

[@IyanSharma]

kanye shouted him out on drink champs a couple months ago

[@AgbeODG]

Ay! Shout out to my man's anem! While my brotha was blasting Wiz Khalifa, I was blasting Lost in Atlantic. While people was blastin Blueprint 3, i was blastin Enemy of the State. Lu was always a real one.

[@AcidRant1]

Everything this man says is so insightful

[@allinthorne5751]

This is the kind of engaging response you can get when you give someone the space to speak slowly and thoughtfully, instead of cut in at every opportunity like a lot of interviewers do.

[@tonydeng7465]

Man, Lupe has some wisdom

[@CorporationSKY]

Thank you for posting this. Thos is a rare moment cause elude hardly does interviews

[@DatBoiChaz]

This is 🔥🔥🔥 is there a link for the whole thing before this?

[@5taytuned550]

Have you ever had the feelin' that you was bein' had? Don't that shit there make you mad? They treat you like a slave Put chains all on your soul and put whips up on your back They be lyin' through they teeth, hope you slip up off your path - Lupe

[@isolaking]

Lupe has one of the best takes on the situation!🔱

[@MuftiMasala]

so much intelligence n truth. shout out to lupe

[@DevonFleck93]

Where can I see the whole panel?

[@chrisclutchturner]

Yall need to go play Lupe's song 'Dumb it Down'

[@boredfive3001]

Very Eloquently spoken and insightful. A lot of discernment in this analysis of Kanye West.

[@brotherchason]

Thank you for uploading

[@ProfitusMaximus]

THIS LEGITIMATELY BROUGHT ME TO TEARS!!!

[@lightmypath536]

Lupe out here like sadghuru

[@harshad6052]

Sadghuru?? Nah man don't compare lupe to fake ass sadghuru Lupe is goat

[@celestialnubian]

Lupe Fiasco is the Best Rapper Alive and the GOAT!

[@BilionaireBoysSwag]

calm down

[@cjampz8704]

@@BilionaireBoysSwag get off his balls Nas said he carrying his torch. Period.

[@SPEEDBOATTarnell]

@@BilionaireBoysSwag ALL the way down.

[@Man_in_a_Gucci_Suit]

Better than Kendrick

[@swaggx23]

Where can I watch the full video

[@SeaMob]

Chi Town showin UP. Captivating speaker, I don't think I ever actually heard him talk before. bars

[@K_Truth7]

The best take I've heard thus far 👌🏿

[@McWonder157]

Ye is The Joker (look up Alan Watts, The Joker). Crazy take 💯

[@uriellevelupriley684]

That's right 💙👑💙 Lupe "be impeccable with your words" it will save you so much drama.

[@michaelinreign239]

Lupe is one of the smartest, period. It's not about artists, or rappers. He's just a mind that's beyond many of us.

[@armandagarcia629]

Thank you lupe for speaking what’s needs to be said.

[@hex_gekko29568]

Lupe is the biggest slave of them all

[@armandagarcia629]

@@hex_gekko29568 how so?

[@hex_gekko29568]

@@armandagarcia629 He said you should be treated as a secondclass citizen if you don't want the jab and now everybody knows someone who either "randomly" died or has heart problems now.

[@_audacity2722]

@@hex_gekko29568 bruh now they don't lmoa. Nobody has randomly died in my entire family. But COVID killed my uncle!

[@PeregrinesChagrin]

@@hex_gekko29568 lol heart problems are far more pronounced in people who got COVID vs people who just got the vaccine. This misrepresentation of the facts has been debunked for a while so it's kinda crazy to still see it in the wild.

[@fawk501]

Great post, my man! Where did you find this? Some real talk here.

[@Srry2btheryu]

I will always value Lupe’s insight.

[@crowing3886]

Lupe was the first person I thought about with the ye situation. He had a similar situation before. He was saying the same thing just different.

[@eastsidepb8139]

Absolutely!!!

[@Jc23696]

Does lu still feel that way

[@crowing3886]

@@Jc23696 I wouldn't see what not. People need to understand black folks, black musicians especially have been speaking on the mistreatment an corruption Jewish owners in the music industry for decades, from the start off jazz an blues.

[@dot.O]

@@Jc23696 feel what way? That's an interesting question to ask because no matter the answer, you'll attribute a feeling to a truth. No matter the feeling the truth will always be. The question then turns into, "Does he see the way?" learning from what he said in the video, he would turn it into "Do they see the way...now?".

[@dandeluxe8731]

@@crowing3886 People do understand. What they don't like is that some black artists are blaming Jewish record executives when it's actually executives in general. It's the music industry as a whole that should be changed. Them being Jewish is irrelevant. It's their actions that should be called out.

[@elliottwilson2352]

Lupe ain't watching what he saying he been saying truthful shit

[@iantCPA]

The one Hip-Hopper's opinion I'm sincerely interested in.....and he didn't disappoint.

[@ANineOne]

Full interview? Need a full interview w/ Lupe about DMIZ too

[@patrickhuertas9769]

Yes but how did Jp Morgan make that money?

[@profo4544]

Theres a quote the difference between insanity and genius is measured only by success and failure. Theres also another quote, theres a fine line between insanity and genius. But people like to leave the last part out, " i have erased this line ".

[@nf4866]

"Be hobest about yoyr beliefs even if you don't say nothing." That's wisdom.

[@simb4389]

Learn to spell fool

[@nf4866]

@@simb4389 I will. As soon as you learn punctuation.

[@stacktana3646]

Bruh this shit should be shown and heard everywhereeee

[@Nefarious_Bread]

Yet, you gotta dig deep into KZbin to find this.

[@TheRobinsonJahliyl]

Is there a full interview?

[@Purplegorillaz]

Dope interview..Lupe always speaking that real.. Biggz Was Here. Peace.

[@yohannes.painsaba2867]

Do you wanna be a well fed slave, or a hungry free man?-Lucky Dube

[@mashup2410]

👋🏾💥🛎 🔉🔥🔥🔥

[@gursimranbakshi275]

i love lupe

[@BRP]

2:45 i remember that tour kanye used to rant alot during his glow in the dark tour (and kanye definitely used to say that ITS A WHOLE FACT )

[@DoubleO88]

I wanna see Lupe on Flagrant 2

[@OG-NASA]

Gotta what what they do AND what they say.. Lupe right ✅️

[@NewYorkForever]

The Best Bars That Lupe Has Ever Spit. Keeping It Super Real. ❤.

[@emur913]

Lupe comes off like he disagrees with Kanye.

[@daneo617]

Whoever setup this audio should be 🔥🤦🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

[@danya144]

Freedom isn't a F'' Up!!!! All money isn't good money

[@beinerthchitivamachado9892]

Lupe is such a GOAT.

[@billionabil]

Wish Lupe had a podcast or sum

[@relativelybasic]

😂 he did with Royce. And it didn't turn out well.

[@SmokinAcesProd]

See, Lupe be speaking

[@4129codubtheman]

Maybe he was telling them to say it because he knew they were already saying it so be true to it.. Lupe said alot in this one. Love Lupe ..I wish him and ye woulda made that group back in the day

[@cjampz8704]

World placers with Pharrell would of been unfuckwithed

[@GarrettAvery108]

Kanye cares. That's why he's as unstable as he is. He cares about it all. Many well wishes to Kanye for inner peace and joyful development!

[@iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79]

Come on Lupe, keep it coming.

[@BenHopkins1000]

I appreciate Lupe’s thoughts on Kanye, even though I haven’t heard any of his music since “LASERS”

[@ghtraining1]

Listen to Tetseo and youth!! Great album!!

[@emwebb10]

@@ghtraining1 yea that shit is solid.

[@cjampz8704]

He dropped 4 classics after that you should peep em 🤷‍♂️

[@bettenhoffllc6083]

Lupe is not musically gifted he had one good song. He's a clown musically. Powerful to stand with his brother Ye 💪 LIKE WE ALL SHOULD. YE IS THE GOAT OF ALL HUMANKIND

[@notinterested8452]

There's hypocrisy in allowing women and men to identify as the opposite sex but forbidding black men to self identify as Jew if they want to.

[@user-tv9wj7ld1j]

literally no one is stopping him from going around saying hes a jew tho, no one cares

[@originaltruth2244]

We the only ones that have to speak cautiously no one else. Thats the problem.

[@mashup2410]

🎯

[@spe.z.artist]

There’s no “we” you missed the point of the video

[@originaltruth2244]

@@spe.z.artist i got the message in the video

[@DreX-8810]

Ye’ DID NOT FCK UP G!

[@3VLN]

now i get why Ye said Lupe was like gangsta GANGSTA

[@jessesmith2428]

Lupe is highly intelligent

[@DopelyTV]

this dood was bout to be what kendrick is now, but he went the mos def route i feel like, which is not a diminishing statement, love mos def and i really think lupe is on that level ... its like underground mainstream, cuz i dont wanna call em mainstream and i dont wanna call em underground lol

[@relativelybasic]

Nah Atlantic fucked him over.

[@Singforfun324]

It’s crazy because he’s talking about some of the people in the room when he was speaking about Madison square garden, but they don’t know, they just say “hm” .

[@coachnickens6652]

Gems on top of gems.

[@reno2859]

Don't watch what you say, speak so we know who you are.

[@c_lake]

I can’t take back the words I never said