Respect to Lupe for showing so much emotions and still having the strength to talk about it.
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Lupe Fiasco made an emotional appearance on MTV’s RapFix Live on Wednesday. Sway showed scenes from a 2006 special called My Block, which showed a young Lupe talking about growing up on the mean streets of Chicago, the positive influence his mom has had on his life and why he chose to rap about positive things verses the gang violence he grew up around.
After the clip stopped, Lupe broke down and cried.
“Some of them dudes are dead,” Lupe said. “Chicago the murder capital. It’s dude in that video in a prison. A couple of fed cases and then there’s ghosts. You see people that aint there. you’re just trying to make it better and come up out of it. Some of those kids aint gonna make it out of there.”
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The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it. Respect.
Beautiful yet humbling…… Although I believe everyone has moments of true clarity where they reach inside themselves and realize the genuineness of a situation, it was really nice to see a black man care so much for the change and impowerment of others. His reaction, his cry for change, should be something we all share. I know I do.
That was real! It makes me wonder if other artists ever take time to reflect on where they started and where they are now. I would imagine it has to be immensely humbling. I am just a regular person, but reminiscing on the opportunities I was afforded is humbling to me on a daily basis. I respect Lupe even more. He truly is an artist for the people and not purely for himself.