lupe fiasco

The Great Forgetting

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jan 11, 2016 America’s refusal to fund and sustain its intellectual and cultural heritage has come with an enormous cost. We are now paying the bill. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Rise of the New Black Radicals

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Apr 27, 2015 A new generation of young black radicals is opting for revolution—a generation that sees through the facade of the corporate state and has rejected as sellouts Obama, Sharpton, Jackson, Dyson and others among the African-American political elite. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Lupe Fiasco Booted From Inaugural Concert After Anti-Obama Rant (Video)

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jan 21, 2013 The rapper took to the stage at the StartUp RockOn concert in Washington, D.C., on Sunday night and proceeded to sing his anti-war song, "Words I Never Said" -- which includes lyrics such as "Gaza Strip was getting bombed, Obama didn't say shit / That's why I ain't vote for him, next one either" --for roughly 30 minutes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdig Radio: Helen Caldicott, Mr. Fish on Ice

Staff / Truthdig Mar 31, 2011 On this week's show Helen Caldicott says "the French are ignorant" and "the English are nuts," Dr. Alan Lockwood discusses Japan, Loretta Napoleoni calculates the terror economy, Marcia Dawkins measures misogyny and Mr. Fish finds his inner princess. Update: Full transcript. Dig deeper ( 35 Min. Read )

Lupe Fiasco Calls Out Obama, Among Others

Staff / Truthdig Mar 29, 2011 Lupe Fiasco is returning hip-hop to its best tradition: actually saying something. With his new track, "Words I Never Said" (listen after the jump), the rapper confronts such diverse topics as the war on terror and the foreclosure crisis, with rhymes such as "Gaza strip was getting bombed, Obama didn’t say shit | Thats why I aint vote for him, next one either | I’ma part of the problem, my problem is I’m peaceful." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )