Rodney, Lehman Bros Profited from Slavery & Other Tales

"Rodney, Lehman Bros Profited from Slavery & Other Tales" is a song by American rapper Lupe Fiasco, uploaded in lofi to social media in four parts on November 28, 2017. He quickly removed the posts, though a fan managed to save them and uploaded it to SoundCloud. Fiasco spoke over the instrumental of "Distant Land" by Madlib."New Music: Lupe Fiasco – 'Rodney, Lehman Bros Profited from Slavery & Other Tales'". Hip Hop N More. November 28, 2017. The track details various historical events, notably the fourth verse deriving from his "Black Power L-Word". He also mentions two songs through lyric: "KJazz" and "All While Doing a Rubik's Cube One-Handed".
== Cultural references ==
* Rodney King (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012) was an African American man who was a victim of police brutality. On March 3, 1991, he was beaten by LAPD police officers, which started the 1992 Los Angeles riots upon the jury that acquitted four officers.
* The Lehman Brothers, a financial institution, have been linked to slavery.
* Karate Kid is a 1984 film that follows teenager Daniel LaRusso, who learns martial arts to defend himself against bullies.
* Fiasco produces a DC and Marvel-riddled verse where he mentions Oswald Cobblepot (The DC villain Penguin, a common adversary of Batman), to Gwyneth Paltrow who plays Pepper Potts (the love interest of Iron Man).
* Hugh Hefner is best known for being the founder of Playboy magazine.
* L'Oréal is a cosmetics company.
* JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a manage series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki.
* Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu were found guilty and sentenced to death at their trial. The former, Romania's communist leader, was responsible for genocide.
== Lyrics ==
== References ==
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