Bishop G

Dusean Dunbar (born December 11), also known as Bishop G or King Yoda, is an American rapper and poet from Chicago, Illinois. He met Lupe Fiasco at Thornton Township High in Harvey, where they became best friends since, and later on performed as Fiasco's hypeman.Thompson, Paul (May 2, 2019). "The Brilliant Ambiguity of Lupe Fiasco's 'The Truth Is Among Us'". The Fader. On Twitter, they recalled the first time they met, with the tweet, "i think...i...may have...u tried 2 fight me on the bus i think...""Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco)". Twitter. January 10, 2015.
== Background ==
To Chicago Magazine, Dunbar admitted, "When we first met, I was running with a bad crowd". He thought Fiasco was "the nerd" with the glasses and usually found reading, though they connected, where he explained, "I guess I liked the way he read out loud in class. I could read real well, too". Bishop would write poetry, which impressed Fiasco. Bishop added, "He was writing about all this stuff about guns. Don't get me wrong; it was dope, it was real dope. But I had to tell him you can't connect all your words together like that. There're too many words! I had to teach him how to rhyme and use stanzas". Fiasco recalled this moment to Blues & Soul in 2008, where he said he first got into rapping "through jealousy and envy!" He continued, "My friend—a performer who I still travel with now, called Bishop G—was doing poetry in Eighth Grade. And, when I saw that they were giving him like awards and calendars, I was like 'Oh, I could do that too!' So I started doing poetry, which of course turned into rapping".Lewis, Pete (April 29, 2008). "Lupe Fiasco: 'Paris, Tokyo'". Blues and Soul.
The two would go to secondhand shops with Fiasco's father for musical equipment, and set up their own studio basement. They created mixtapes and distributed them through their home city, though their first show together was not met with a positive reaction. Bishop recalled, "They were hatin' on us. They threw us off the stage because we didn't sound like everyone else. We wanted people to understand the words. We wanted to tell stories".Smith, Bryan (July 17, 2007). "Lupe Fiasco, Word Star". Chicago Magazine.
Bishop was featured on the song "Little Weapon" from Lupe Fiasco's The Cool, and they co-hosted the weekly radio show FNF Radio together. On "Fighters", Fiasco gave acknowledgement with the following lyric, 'Shout out to Bishop G, congrats on your new baby daughter'. On "Dumb It Down", he mentioned, 'Bishop G, they told me I should come down, cousin'. This line is derived from his older song, "Ignorant Shit (Freestyle)", from his early mixtape days. Other songs that give recognition are "Proper" and "Outro".
== Discography ==
=== Guest appearances ===
Title 	Year	Other artist(s) 	Album
"Pain Filled (No Pain)"	 	Lupe Fiasco 	Damage Reversal
"Boss Playa" 	2005	Lupe Fiasco, GemStones 	Fahrenheit 1/15 Part I: The Truth Is Among Us
"Little Weapon" 	2007	Lupe Fiasco, Nikki Jean	Lupe Fiasco's The Cool
== References ==
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