Chicago Sun-Times, IL — The Midwest's largest free music, food, fashion and entrepreneurial expo/summit returns for its second year. more info

AllHipHop — (AllHipHop News) Lupe Fiasco announced last year that his fans would get three new albums from him in 2016. The Chicago emcee has now revealed he switched up the names for the projects, and Lupe insists the efforts will be the last musical releases... more info

Stereogum — bloodpop, formerly known as BLOOD, formerly known as Blood Diamonds, has now teamed up with DJ Dahi under the name DiamondDahi. They’ve worked together to produce tracks for people like Big Sean, Lupe Fiasco, Tinashe, and Madonna, and now they’ve... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco has a few shows this month, and he's set to head out on a proper tour in 2016. The tour hits NYC on February 4 at Highline Ballroom. Tickets for that show go... more info

Stereogum — It took a massive campaign from fans, complete with actual in-person demonstrations, to convince Atlantic Records to release Lupe Fiasco’s 2011 album Lasers, and the album promptly debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts. That should be a triumphant ... more info

Time — Meek Mill recently accused Drake of not writing his own raps, and Lupe Fiasco responded to those claims in two Instagram captions where he advised rappers to “simply write your own rhymes as much as you can if you are able” — and where he admit... more info

Stereogum — Swedish pop producer Ishi has worked with rappers before — Lupe Fiasco, Tinie Tempah, and Professor Green to name a few — but his collaboration with Pusha T outstrips all of those. Aptly named “Push It,” the song finds King Push in prime fuck... more info

Perez Hilton — You don't even have to ask "who dat?" It's I-G-G-Y! Not only does Lupe Fiasco, T.I., and Will.i.am support Iggy Azalea against the recent racially charged comments made by Azealea Banks, but we support Iggy for our Woman Crush Wednesday! Hey, it is h... more info

Perez Hilton — Iggy Azalea has two more famous musicians in her corner! On Monday, Iggy took to Twitter to thank Lupe Fiasco and Will.i.am for their support in her feud with Azealia Banks. [ Related: T.I. Defends Iggy After Azealia's Racially Charged Rant! ] The t... more info

Stereogum — Over the weekend, Chicago rap icon Common headlined AAHH! Fest, a rap festival in his hometown. Or anyway, Common was billed as the headliner. Things didn’t really work out that way. The festival, which Common curated, also featured appearances fro... more info