Artist:Lupe Fiasco f/Matthew Santos
Song:Superstar
Album:The Cool
The 2007 single Superstar is one of two top ten hits for rapper Lupe Fiasco. He's still around. He released an album last year. But like a lot of rappers, he had a couple of years of success and he just faded. He's doing other things like he has a clothing line. He was born Wasalu Muhammad Jaco Feb. 18, 1982 in Chicago. His parents are from West Africa. His father was a drummer and karate teacher so Jaco developed an interest in music and martial arts. Jaco didn't like the vulgarity in rap. So he listened to jazz. But when he had difficulty finding an instrument he could play, he started writing poetry. And then he started rapping. His nickname was Lu so at first he called himself Little Lu or Lu tha Underdog. He changed it to Lupe Fiasco. Fiasco came from the song Firm Fiasco by the rap group The Firm. Jaco started to create music in his basement. He started the "gangsta rap" group Da Pak. They released one single on Epic and split up. The song was about cocaine, guns and women and Jaco didn't like rapping about that stuff. Then he signed with Arista but was dropped after Arista president LA Reid was fired. While there, he met Jay-Z and he got Jaco a deal at Atlantic Records. After remixing the Kanye West song Diamonds from Sierra Leone, West asked Jaco to appear on the 2005 single Touch the Sky. Then he released his 2006 debut album Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor. Superstar is from the 2007 album The Cool. Superstar reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100. Most of the album including Superstar was written and produced by Rudolph "Soundtrakk" Lopez and Jaco. Lopez also worked on the first album. The chorus is sung by singer songwriter Matthew Santos. Never heard of him? He's known for appearing on Lupe Fiasco records. He is otherwise unknown. The album was certified Platinum. The 2011 album Lasers also did well. The single The Show Goes On reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100. After that Lupe Fiasco gradually faded until he lost his record deal with Atlantic. Since 2017 Jaco has recorded for Thirty Tigers and they just don't have the promotion budget that Atlantic has. Jaco released an album last year. The Cool is available as a budget CD. The last time one of his singles charted was in 2013. Mostly he has concentrated on a couple of clothing lines that he owns. Here's the video for Superstar by Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos.
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