The leak. For a rapper, it’s one of the most frustrating things that can happen when releasing an album. For an artist, it is also one of the most flattering things that can occur, especially for a debut. The people couldn’t wait and the album was leaked long before it was supposed to. Lupe Fiasco witnessed this contrast first hand.
Lupe Fiasco: Yeah, it was dope. My homie Cash caught up, was droving me around. I went to get some food, and we went to the hood – to different spots. The first time I was downtown, but we went to other parts of Seattle. It was dope to see the city, it’s a nice little city.
MVRemix: So you’ve become known for the skateboarding thing, is that something you intended all the way through?
Lupe Fiasco: Nah, it’s not even carried out through the rest of the album. It’s just like “Kick, Push†is that one record, one song I dedicated to some skate kids back in Chicago, and that’s where the story came from. I used to skate when I was real little, and I gave it up for a minute, and I picked it back up maybe a year and a half ago, two years now, it’s just something that I do.
