recursal/Fanatic-Fandom huggingface dataset:
Fairy Path

The **Fairy Path** is a network of roads located in L'ranvy, the Lightzone. It is normally used as a trade or travel route that connects the Five Fairy Kingdoms and the non-Fairy cities of Zephyrus. Though it is mainly located in the country of Zephyrsus, some of the pathways lead to certain cities in the country of Bichina.

## History

In the year 293 (1493), the fairy queens decided to create the magical fairy path for
Bomberman

* Bomberman (1983)
* 3-D Bomberman (1984)
* Bomberman 2 (1985)
* Bomber King (1987)
* Bomber Boy (1990)
* Bomberman 3 (1990)
* Bomberman Arcade (1991)
* Bomberman 4 (1991)
* Bomber King: Scenario 2 (1991)
* Bomberman World (1992)
* Bomberman '93 (1992)
* Super Bomberman (1993)
* Bomberman '94 (1993)
* Super Bomberman 2 (1994)
* Bomberman GB (1994)
* Mega Bomberman (1994)
* Bomberman: Panic Bomber (1994)
* Super Bomberman: Panic Bomber W (1995)
* Super Bomberman 3 (1995)
* Bomberman GB 2 (1995)
* Panic Bomber (1995)
* Super Bomberman 4 (1996)
* Bomberman Saturn (1996)
* Bomberman GB 3 (1996)
* Bomberman B-Daman (1996)
* Super Bomberman 5 (1997)
* Neo Bomberman (1997)
* Atomic Bomberman(1997)
* Bomberman DC (1997)
* Bomberman Fight!! (1997)
* Pocket Bomberman (1997)
* Bomberman World (1998)
* Bomberman Wars (1998)
* Bomberman Hero (1998)
* Bomberman Fantasy Race (1998)
* Bomberman Party Edition (1998)
* Bomberman Quest (1998)
* Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden: The Road to Victory (1999)
* Bomberman 64: The Second Attack (1999)
* Bomberman Max (1999)
* Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden V: Final Mega Tune (2000)
* Bomberman Land (2000)
* Bomberman Tournament (2001)
* Bomberman Online DC (2001)
* Bomberman Kart (2001)
* Bomberman 64 (2001)
* Bomberman Max 2 (2002)
* Bomberman Generation (2002)
* Bomberman Jetters: The Legendary Bomberman (2002)
* Bomberman Jetters (2002)
* Bomberman PC-Online (2003)
* Bomberman Land 2 (2003)
* Bomberman Jetters Game Collection (2003)
* Net de Bomberman (2004)
* Bomberman Hardball (2004)
* Bomberman DS (2005)
* Bomberman Land 3 (2005)
* Bomberman Land Touch! (2006)
* Bomberman PSP (2006)
* Bomberman: Act Zero (2006)
* Bomberman Land Wii (2007)
* Bomberman Story DS (2007)
* Bomberman Land PSP (2007)
* Bomberman Live (2007)
* Bomberman Land Touch! 2 (2007)
* Bomberman Blast (2008)
* Bomberman 2-DS (2008)
* Bomberman Ultra (2009)
* Bomberman Blitz (2009)
* Bomberman Live: Battlefest (2010)
* Bomberman Dojo (2010)
* Super Bomberman R (2017)
* Super Bomberman R Online (2020)
* Amazing Bomberman (2022)
* Super Bomberman R 2 (2023)
Males

**Males** (雄, *Jōyō*), are the biological term used throughout the many worlds, and beyond. They are a gender identity within the binary genders. **Men** (男, *Otoko*) is a term used for adults, and corresponds to the terms boy (for children), male (adjective) and masculinity.

"*.*"

—About Males.

## Overview

### Anatomy and Design

Children are born with penises and testes are often raised with the expectation that they will identify as men, although intersex children may also be assigned to this identity while possessing some but not all of the above characteristics, Men may be cisgender (assigned male at birth and identifying as male) or transgender (assigned female at birth, yet identifying as male).

Identifying as a man is often associated with male sex characteristics such as a penis, testes, narrow hips, a prominent Adam's apple and a low-pitched voice, as well as a masculine gender expression and gender role, but these are not neccessary, and it is still possible to identify as a man without them.

## External links

* Males *Wikipedia* — Wikipedia article on assassins.
* Males *MOGAI Encyclopedia*
* Males *Gender Wiki*
Impetus

**Impetus** is the colloquial umbrella term for all adfinity or *extraspatiotemporal* travel and its related technology, wherein transcendental spiritual experience is transmuted into items that permit access to limited 'travel' across this vector of the universe. Poorly understood even by most species that have come to utilize it, most sources of Impetus technology have been the result of enlightenment induced by or divined from relics left by a handful of seemingly extinct civilizations and their so-called Proto-Colonies, an example being the Solar Proto-Colony found on Venus.

These technologies allow physical media, even of great size, to be transported long distances at speeds impossible under the constraints of special relativity, and is the only known method of faster-than-light travel in the universe.
Madelaine Summers

**Madelaine Kiara Summers** is a character in It lies beneath. She helped Samantha and George escape the group named the Angels of Blood.

## Relationships

### Family

Duke Summers (father)Chloe Summers (sister)

## appearance

### Last appearance

The Canyon

Madelaine comes from a very rich family.

## Trivia

* Madelaine drives a Lamborghini Aventador.
* Blue is her favorite color.
Samantha Whiteknife

**Samantha Whiteknife** is one of the main characters in *It lies beneath.*

Samantha is first seen with Jake, Phoebe and Ruby in a restaurant in Whitecloud Town.

## Relationships

### Friends

Khalisa Weatherham (best friend)Luke Winstead (best friend)

Ian Davis (best friend)

Jake Kirrington (close friend)

Ruby (friend)

Nathan Williams (friend)

### Romances

Isaiah (boyfriend)Nathan Williams (kissed)

## Quotes

I'm not going to just stand here and watch as the world burns and neither should you!
Facebook

**Facebook** is an online social media and social networking service owned by American technology giant Meta Platforms. Created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with four other Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, its name derives from the face book directories often given to American university students.

American rapper Lupe Fiasco created his account on December 31, 2007. He usually posts updates of upcoming shows.
Phoebe

**Phoebe** is Dean's ex-girlfriend. She is friends with Sam and Rose.

Ian Davis

Sarah Williams

Nathan Williams (crush on his side)

## physical appearance

Phoebe has long dark hair and dark eyes. She is tall and lean. She often wears black gloves and dark clothes.

## personality

Phoebe is arrogant, stubborn and rude. She is impolite and impatient. However, she cares about her friends and her sister Gina. Dean ended his relationship with her because she treated him badly.
Fuse

**Fuse** is an American pay television channel owned by Fuse Media, LLC. It launched in July 1994 as MuchMusic USA before it underwent a name change in 2003. Lupe Fiasco performed his single "Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)" at their studio in 2012. Along with this, a number of interviews were conducted, as well as coverage on his musical career.

## Gallery

Lupe Fiasco - "Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)" (Live @ Fuse)Lupe Fiasco Explains Food & Liquor II's Black CoverLupe Fiasco Talks to Ashanti About Johnny Cash's Influence & "Bitch Bad" - Artist on ArtistLupe Fiasco- Pharrell Inspired Kanye and Jay-ZLupe Fiasco Flashes "Gentleman Sausage" - Incredibly Intimate InterviewLupe Fiasco Announces New Album Tetsuo & Youth - Grammy Awards 2013J. Cole, Lupe Fiasco Bring Their Moms to Grammy Red Carpet-2Lupe Fiasco Reveals New Album Details - Beale St Music Festival 2012
Don't Get It Twisted

## Song by Lupe Fiasco

"**Don't Get It Twisted**" is a song by American rapper Lupe Fiasco, released as the fifth track from his mixtape, *Fahrenheit 1/15 Part II: Revenge of the Nerds* (2005). It samples the songs "I'll Stay" by Funkadelic (1979) and "Hay" by Crucial Conflict (1996). Fiasco gives a shout-out to Chicago, and names groups or artists from there including Crucial Conflict, Psycho Drama, and The Legendary Traxster.

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro]

*Neeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrdd!*

Westside, baby, what's good?

I'm only gonna do this once, man, once

Till the album come

So, check it out

[Verse]

From the M-A...D-I, to the S to the O-N

Potent, to get ya open

Moving like a n\*\*\*a supposed to get the dough

In the 'Go with the flow that I'm holdin'

Yo, man, they ain't "On Enuff" or up on enough

To stay in the zone that I go in

That I go in, when I go in and go in

Of the poems, that were wrote and

Crucial Conflict was smokin'

But a n\*\*\*a like me, I don't be chokin'

So I proceed at a low speed, low key

Like a OG in a '03 Loc-in'

Rollin' like a OZ, in a b-leaf

Both pins, like a bowlin' ball when I ball

But I never fall for the okey-dokin'

Whitewalls and the slow-speed motion

Stash-box for the police pokin'

Rolie showin, shorty showin, Hokey Pokin'

Turnin' it around with me

To bust 'em down cause they know he golden

Exactly, I'm in it from the minute I was in it

'Til the minute that I spit it and I'm finished

And it's sad for me

Until the second wind, and reinvent it with a vengeance

Revisit it and make 'em give it back to me

[Outro]

All right, that's all you get

I'm done, you know what I'm sayin'?

In the streets where the traffic be, n\*\*\*a, what

Shout out to all of Chi-Town

Crucial Conflict!

Wildstyle, what's good? Coldhard, what up?

Never, what up? Kilo, what up?

Psycho Drama! The Snipers!

Do or Die! Um, let me see

Twista! C-Wall! Legit Ballaz!

Um, Traxster, what up, baby?

Um, who else out there?

Oh! Triple Darkness!

Um, Soldiers at War! Um, who else?

Y'all gotta forgive if I, if I can't remember everybody

But, y'know, there was some people that had a lotta influence

On the kid

Revenge!
Khalisa Weatherham

**Khalisa Weatherham** is one of the main characters in *It lies beneath.*

Luke Winstead (best friend)

Alexia Roughstone (best friend)

Sarah Williams (friend)

Phoebe

Ruby

## Character information

### Nickname(s)

Khalea/Khalia (by Ruby and Phoebe)Kali (by Ruby and Phoebe, sometimes the Crows)

Kay (by Ryan)

## Physical Appearance

Khalisa is a lean, african-american girl with wavy black hair and dark brown eyes.

## Relationships

### Luke Winstead

Khalisa and Luke are best friends. They trust each other and are very protective of each other. Khalisa always tries to help him and Luke supports most of her decisions. He loves talking to her.

### Samantha Whiteknife

Samantha is Khalisa's best friend. They got along well since they met each other in eight grade. Samantha brought Khalisa into her group of friends, which consisted of Luke, Lexy, Ian and her.

### Ian Davis

Ian is another one of Khalisa's best friend. They had a rocky start because she found that he was too reckless, loud and wild. She realized that he was actually a really quiet and withdrawn person.

They support and trust each other and Khalisa wants to help him with his bad situation at home.

### Alexia Roughstone

They are best friends. Lexy is quiet and calm around Khalisa and adjusts to her.

Khalisa is jealous of Lexy's life and wishes to be more like her a lot.

## Personality

Khalisa is a calm, quiet and affectionate. She is often the voice of reason, reliable and responsible. She is forgiving and trusting, but also a bit naive. Khalisa is often described as really smart. She likes to help other people and is ambitious. She is also very forgetful, which is why she often forgets her homework at home.
Addison Humphrey

**Addison Harper Humphrey** is a character in It lies beneath.

Addison and Ian found a dog named Cuba on the street and decided to take it in. Ian couldn't afford having a dog though and Addison's parents didn't want a dog in their house, so Ian took the dog in and Addison decided to pay for everything that needed to be paid for.

## Relationships

### Ian Davis

Addison and Ian go to the same school and have almost the same courses, although Addison chose music as an elective while Ian chose art.

They have many similarities: Both of them are never on time, neither of them is neat, they love sports, they are both a catastrophe in Maths, Physics and Chemistry and they are both good in Geography. They share their love for animals and music as well. Neither of them can cook and they always forget their homework.

Addison and Ian always got along well. They started being friends in seventh grade when she gave him a present for his birthday. It was a picture of the fictional football star Keith Harwood, Ian's favorite football player. He asked her if she really drew it herself, which she did. He was impressed and asked her to show him how to draw, which is how they became friends.

They started hanging out more and grew really close over time. They have considered themselves best friends since ninth grade.

However, she fell in love with him at some point. She didn't dare to tell him until The Hitchhiker. They remained friends.

### Chloe Summers

Addison and Chloe started out as rivals, but quickly became friends in seventh or eight grade.

## Physical Appearance

Addison has shoulder-length blond hair. She has beach waves. She has light blue eyes.
Chicago Rocks

**Chicago Rocks** was an annual hip hop music festival produced by Molemen Records since 2003. In 2007, it was held from May 12-13, where American rapper Lupe Fiasco headlined the second day at Metro.

## References

1. ↑ "Chicago Rocks". *Chicago Reader*. May 11, 2006.
2. ↑ "Chicago Rocks Preview". *Illinois Entertainer*. May 10, 2006.
Baltimore Boom Bap Society

The **Baltimore Boom Bap Society** is a live music event produced by Erik Spangler and Wendel Patrick, held every last Friday of the month in downtown Baltimore, Maryland. For their 100th session, it featured American rapper Lupe Fiasco.

## Biography

Lupe Fiasco is a Chicago-born, Grammy award-winning American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur and community advocate who first rose to fame in 2006 with his debut album, Food & Liquor. He has released eight acclaimed studio albums; his latest being Drill Music In Zion released in June 2022. His efforts to propagate conscious material has also garnered recognition as a Henry Crown Fellow and recipient of the MLK Visiting Professorship at MIT.

## Personnel

* Brandon Woody – trumpet
* Erik "DJ Dubble8" Spangler – turntables, electronics
* Jamal Moore – winds/percussion
* Jeron White – upright bass
* Max Beats – beatbox
* Wasalu "Lupe Fiasco" Jaco – emcee
* Wendel Patrick – turntables, electronics

## References

1. ↑ "Baltimore Boom Bap Society 100th Session with Lupe Fiasco". *Baltimore*. November 17, 2023.
Luke Winstead

**Luke Winstead** is one of the main characters in *It lies beneath.*

## Relationships

### Family

Thomas Winstead (father), Caroline Winstead (mother), Natasha Winstead (sister), Chantal Winstead (sister)

### Friends

Alexia Roughstone (best friend), Ian Davis (best friend), Khalisa Weatherham (best friend), Samantha Whiteknife (best friend), Nathan Williams (friend), Addison Humphrey (friend), David (acquaintance)

## Biography

Luke grew up in Sunrise Beach with his sisters Chantal and Natasha.
Clean

## Song by Lupe Fiasco

"**Clean**" is a song by American rapper Lupe Fiasco, released as the 16th and penultimate track from his mixtape, *Fahrenheit 1/15 Part II: Revenge of the Nerds* (2005). He samples the 2004 song "Mic Check" by Juelz Santana.

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro]

Yeah

Lupe

Chi-Town

F and F up

That's right, that's right

Yeah, ugh

C'mon, c'mon

[Verse]

Now, I ain't tryna toot my horn, but look what I'm on

Man, look what I bought here, look who I taught here

Look how I fought here for what I sought here

For everywhere I go, though, they be throwing salt there

But it's cool though—I'ma keep it cool, Joe

I'm as cool as Cujo—now look at my shoes, Joe (Yuh)

Now look at these shoes, yo—you can't find that

'Less you flying to Singapore, homie, you ain't buying that

All I'm tryna do is bring that time back

*It Was Written*, man—bring those rhymes back

*Life After Death*, homie—bring those lines back

Malcolm X II tryin' to bring that shine back

It's my thing, I spit it like Sean King

It's more than just rhyming—I'm doin' 'bout nine things (Woo)

The aforementioned executive board-sitting

Representing the world-famous, Grammy Award-winnin'

(FNF) That's right, homie, Grammy Award winnin'

Could have been put it in your face, but that's the poor in 'em

See, what I gotta front for? Who I gotta front for?

Everythin' you doin', homie, is over and done for (Yeah)

But you can catch Lu chilling in his one-offs

If y'all don't know what that means, homie, then you don't understand that's mean, homie

That means, homie, these jeans on me the only pair ever sewing-machined, homie (Woo)

Yeah, I'm just showing you mean, homie, like a dictionary

Listen clearly to the clean homie (Woo)

And this ain't fair—I'm barely on my lean, homie

Or put my all into it, like a washing machine, homie

Double-loader: You just watching me clean, homie

Wait til' I start doing dirt—

Oops, I spilled some First and Fifteenth on me

And that stain, man

You can try Canada Dry, or you can try pouring Oxy Clean on me

Homie, it won't work

Clean, chickenhead-resistant—lady, you can't curse

God willing, we got the album coming out, though

[Outro]

Haha

Church

Chilly Chill

Chuck, what they gon' do to us, man?

They can't do nothing, man

F and F up

Forever and forever

1st & 15th

Lupe
Chicago Bulls

The **Chicago Bulls** are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The team was founded on January 16, 1966, and played its first game during the 1966–67 NBA season. The Bulls play their home games at the United Center, an arena on Chicago's West Side.

American rapper Lupe Fiasco is a fan, and has worn a Bulls jersey in a few of his performances over the years. He told ESPN that he has witnessed the team's success, as he "lived about nine blocks from Chicago Stadium," including where they got their "first championship with Michael Jordan." In 2014, he and American rock band Fall Out Boy created a remix of the team's anthem, "Only the Bulls (Remix)." In 2017, Fiasco played at halftime for the game between The Bulls and San Francisco's Gold State Warriors on March 2nd. The game ended in 94-87, with The Bulls in lead.

## Set list

1. "Kick, Push"
2. "Jump"

## Gallery

* "Only the Bulls (Remix"
* Halftime (2017)

Supafest (Brisbane)Supafest (Sydney)Bulls-Warriors HalftimeBulls-Warriors HalftimeBulls-Warriors HalftimeBulls-Warriors HalftimeBulls-Warriors HalftimeBulls-Warriors HalftimeBulls-Warriors HalftimeBulls-Warriors HalftimeRed Bull Music Festival
## References

1. ↑ Montes, Patrick (November 7, 2014). "Fall Out Boy featuring Lupe Fiasco - Only the Bulls". *Hypebeast*.
2. ↑ "Lupe Fiasco - Kick Push + Jump: Live at United Center, Chicago Bulls vs Golden State Warriors". *YouTube*. March 9, 2017.
Balad Beast

**Balad Beast** is a two-date music festival organized by MDLBEAST and held in Jeddah's Old Town, Saudi Arabia. Lupe Fiasco performed on December 10, 2022, at Bab Square.

## Background

Ramadan Alharatani, executive of MDLBEAST, told *MSN*: "After months of behind-the-scenes preparations, we are delighted that the time has finally come for Jeddah's Old Town to take centre stage and host the first-ever Balad Beast. A boutique event bringing renowned headliners, emerging talent and cutting-edge features together in a historic, culturally significant site, we are proud to fuse the past with the present and thrust the spotlight on both Jeddah's history and vast potential to become a thriving local and regional hub for music."

## Gallery

**@mdlbeast**: "Our Balad Beast line up 1st drop is out. Catch the local and international artists making their way to the historic district Dec 9 & 10🕺🏻🪩 More to be announced! Get your tickets now!"
* November 6, 2022
* Instagram

## References

1. ↑ Tusing, David (December 2022). "Busta Rhymes, Carl Cox and Lupe Fiasco to headline new Jeddah music festival Balad Beast". *MSN*.
2. ↑ "MDLBEAST (@mdlbeast)". *Instagram*. November 6, 2022.
Bass Island

**Bass Island** was an arts and music event hosted by Bass Nectar at Governors Island in New York City. Opening acts included Lupe Fiasco, Z-Trip, and Prefuse 73.

*The New York Times*'s Jon Pareles wrote of Fiasco's set, "[He] performed with a rock band that was best when it set aside its rock arrangements, with busy guitars that got in the way of his voice, for the more basic job of hip-hop rhythm section. That left space for his thoughtful rhymes, which grapple with stardom, urban struggles and sometimes apocalyptic visions."

## Set list

* "Shining Down"
* "I Don't Wanna Care Right Now"
* "Words I Never Said"
* "The Show Goes On"

Encore
* "Scream"

## References

1. ↑ Pareles, Jon (August 14, 2011). "When the Bass Is Like a Conqueror, Crushing the Guitars and Words". *The New York Times*.
Forest Fires

"**Forest Fires**" is a song by Lupe Fiasco, released to his YouTube channel on August 4, 2021. He freestyles over the instrumental of Kendrick Lamar's "Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst".

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
Evening practice, yeah

Villains chillin' in decorated machines, swinging chains

Champagne stains spillin' up out the seams

Secrets stringed together like beans

And puppeting kings, it means they spot a fire

Bring buckets up from the streams

Never ran from my nightmares, nor ducked from under my dreams

Dug up what they cover up

Put my shovel up and careen

Lupe loves his brothers

They told me that I'm esteemed

If the n\*\*\*as ever touch you, we fuck 'em up like marines

Okay, I beg your pardon, painting hanging at the [?]

Let's go shoppin' at the MoMA and have lunch up at the Modern

[?]-colored carbon, do your pizza [?] have lard in

I'm only goin' vegan if I'm Jada in the garden

Okay, 'kay?

I only did this freestyle to treat it like a movie, to sneak that bar in

Look

If I'm hungry I'll be scarfin'

I will eat it if I'm starvin'

I'ma drop my joint in March 'cause I wanna compete with Martin

Okay, 'kay

Oh, hey I'm lyin'

But my next album's gon' sound like it's Drill Music in Zion

Music that you can feel

Like Phil Collins and violence

Videos filled with hoes, with real popular diamonds

I'm, I'm- maybe!

I mean, maybe

Maybe

We'll see

Yeah!

## References

1. ↑ Robinson, Joshua (August 5, 2021). "Lupe Fiasco Skates on the "Sing About Me" Instrumental in "Forrest Fires" Freestyle". *HipHopDX*.
Free Chilly (Interlude)

## Song by Lupe Fiasco featuring Sarah Green and GemStones

"**Free Chilly (Interlude)**" is a song by Lupe Fiasco, released as the second track from his second studio album, *Lupe Fiasco's The Cool* (2007). It is in tribute to Charles "Chilly" Patton, his business partner and friend who was convicted on drug charges earlier in June 2007. It features 1st & 15th Entertainment labelmates Sarah Green and GemStones.

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Chorus: GemStones]

If we could break down those walls to set you free, we would

'Cause we're out here, and we miss you

If we could build a ladder that tall to come up and see you, we would

'Cause we're down here, and we miss you

[Chorus: GemStones, Sarah Green]

If we could break down those walls to set you free, we would

'Cause we're out here, and we miss you

If we could build a ladder that tall to come up and see you, we would

'Cause we're down here, and we miss you

## References

1. ↑ "Lupe Fiasco's Mentor Sentenced to 44 Years". *HipHopDX*. June 3, 2007,
Chicago Voices

***Chicago Voices*** was a televised one-night-only, multi-genre concert held at the Lyric Opera House on February 4, 2017. Performers included Renée Fleming, Shemekia Copeland, Kurt Elling, Lupe Fiasco, The Handsome Family, Jessie Mueller, Matthew Polenzani, John Prine, and Michelle Williams. The episode premiered August 10, 2018, on PBS.

## Synopsis

*World-renowned soprano Renée Fleming hosts an all-star evening from Lyric Opera of Chicago, featuring rapper Lupe Fiasco, folk legend John Prine, Broadway's Jessie Mueller, pop and gospel artist Michelle Williams, jazz singer Kurt Elling and others*

A star-studded array of vocal talent with deep ties to Chicago gathers on stage at Lyric Opera to pay tribute to the city's wide-reaching influence across blues, jazz, rock, folk, hip-hop, gospel, opera and classical music in Great Performances: Chicago Voices, premiering nationwide Friday, August 10 at 10 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) and streaming the following day on pbs.org/gperf and PBS apps. Hosted by four-time Grammy-winning soprano Renée Fleming, the multi-genre concert special features performances by Fleming, Tony-winner Jessie Mueller (Waitress, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), Grammy-winning rapper Lupe Fiasco, three-time Grammy-winning folk legend John Prine, Grammy-winning pop and gospel singer Michelle Williams (Destiny's Child), Grammy-winning jazz singer Kurt Elling and many more in a celebration of Chicago's rich and diverse vocal music legacy.

Led by award-winning music director Doug Peck, the concert features additional performances and unique collaborations by Beverly Sills Award-winning tenor Matthew Polenzani, blues singer Shemekia Copeland, alternative country duo The Handsome Family, Voices of Trinity Mass Choir, Terrence Howard (Empire, Hustle & Flow) and Jussie Smollett (Empire). Civil rights activist and founder of Operation PUSH Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., serves as special guest presenter during the concert.

## Set list

1. "The Battle Is Over (But the War Goes On)" – Shemekia Copeland (Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee cover)
2. "Steppin' Out" – Kurt Elling
3. "Goin' to Chicago" – Kurt Elling
4. "Be My Love" – Matthew Polenzani (Mario Lanza cover)
5. "Beau Soir" – Renée Fleming (Mary Garden cover)
6. "Summertime" – Renée Fleming (George Gershwin cover)
7. "Kick, Push" – Lupe Fiasco
8. "Angel from Montgomery" – John Prine
9. "Hello in There" – John Prine
10. "She Used to Be Mine" – Jessie Mueller
11. "How I Got Over" – Michelle Williams (with Voices of Trinity Mass Choir)
12. "A Change Is Gonna Come" – Terrence Howard and Jussie Smollett (Sam Cooke cover)
13. "The Prayer" – Jessie Mueller and Matthew Polenzani
14. "(We're Not) The Jet Set" – Renée Fleming and John Prine (George Jones and Tammy Wynette cover)

## References

1. ↑ Reich, Howard (February 1, 2017). "Rapper Lupe Fiasco, Kurt Elling join 'Chicago Voices'". *Chicago Tribune*.
2. ↑ Reich, Howard (February 5, 2017). "Renee Fleming's 'Chicago Voices' transforms the Civic Opera House with soaring melody". *Chicago Tribune*.
Big Show

The **Big Show** is an annual music event hosted by the California State University Northridge in Los Angeles, California. Lupe Fiasco was the headliner in 2009.

## Set list

1. "Kick, Push"
2. "Paris, Tokyo"
3. "Superstar"
4. "Little Weapon"

## Reception

The *Daily Sundial* wrote, "As for the main event, Fiasco busted out all the stops to ensure the show stayed true to its name and being "Big" in all aspects. His attitude carried the big band sound and an over-the-top lighting setup. It’s nice to see a college campus host a rapper that addresses his crowd intelligently, almost like a professor, covering sentiments of war, political, and social awareness. He addressed such issues while still having so much fun, which he manages to do with ease. Fiasco ran through his massive catalog of hits such as skater anthem "Kick Push", breezy "Paris Tokyo," and megahit "Superstar." The combination of a DJ, a drummer and a guitarist lent to an organic yet sleek sound that feels like the future of hip-hop."

## References

1. ↑ Yashaya, Avi (October 5, 2009). "Big Show 9 stays true to students as it brings Lupe Fiasco, Talib Kweli, DJ Felli Fel and Far East Movement to CSUN". *Daily Sundial*.
Australian Recording Industry Association

The **Australian Recording Industry Association** (**ARIA**) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry, established in the 1970s by the six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA, and Universal. They host the annual awards show, ARIA Music Awards.

## Certifications

 "Battle Scars"
 "Linger"
 \* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
Genius

**Genius** (formerly **Rap Exegesis** and **Rap Genius**) is an American digital media company founded on August 27, 2009, by Tom Lehman, Ilan Zechory, and Mahbod Moghadam. It was originally conceived as a hip-hop music website. American rapper Lupe Fiasco is a verified artist. *Vibe* remarked, "Before Genius was a thing, fans were huddling together in message boards to decipher his lyrics."

Fiasco told *Vulture* in 2020, "You're talking to a person who's somewhat personally responsible for building an industry of annotating lyrics. When Rap Genius came out, I met with the owners … That shit exists for the sole purpose of 'Because it's n\*\*\*as like Lupe who say shit that I don't understand. And I need to figure that shit out.' It's not just rap for Genius—it's speeches, all kinds of shit."

*Grantland* did an interview with *Tetsuo & Youth*'s record producer MoeZ'art, who informed them that Fiasco loved message boards. He continued, "That's why he'll never go on a Rap Genius and want to explain his lyrics. He loves to just leave it open and let people go crazy in terms of them thinking what this means or that. It started in the early days with him when people thought "Kick, Push" was about drug dealing instead of skateboarding."

## Background

In 2012, Fiasco did two annotation videos on his songs "Bitch Bad" and "Lamborghini Angels" from his *Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1* album.

On August 8, 2016, he debated over Twitter on whether or not *Drogas* and *Skulls* should be on Genius. Fiasco continued to state of the possibility of annotating his own lyrics, and questioned if Genius paid royalties to the artists, as their music traffics to the site. *DJBooth* wrote an article that mentioned his "history of fighting for artistic rights," and updated when Lupe responded that *Drogas* "highly likely" won't be on Genius.

On September 18, 2018, he publicly requested on Twitter for the removal of lyrics of his upcoming album, *Drogas Wave*, from the site. In 2020, for Genius' *For the Record* series, Fiasco had an interview with VP of Content Strategy Rob Markman to discuss his EP *House*.

## Gallery

* "Bitch Bad"
* "Lamborghini Angels"
* For the Record

## References

1. ↑ Ketchum III, William (February 22, 2019). "Lupe Fiasco on New World Water, and Changing the World with His Bars Before Leaving Rap Behind". *Vibe*.
2. ↑ Ketchum III, William (August 4, 2020). "Lupe Fiasco vs. Everybody (Even Himself)". *Vulture*.
3. ↑ Golianopoulos, Thomas (April 28, 2015). "Messiah Music: Investigating the Hidden Meaning of Lupe Fiasco's 'Tetsuo & Youth'". *Grantland*.
4. ↑ Bradley, Brent (August 9, 2016). "Lupe Fiasco Is Anti-Genius, Might Self-Annotate His New Albums". *DJBooth*.
5. ↑ Gebreyes, Rahel (August 18, 2020). "For the Record: Lupe Fiasco Talks Genius, His Relationship with the media & Ahmaud Arbery". *Genius*.
Dirty Nikes (Lupe Fiasco Remix)

## Song by Ruth B. featuring Lupe Fiasco

"**Dirty Nikes (Lupe Fiasco Remix)**" is a remix version of Ruth B.'s song in collaboration with Lupe Fiasco. It was released from the deluxe special edition of Ruth B's second studio album, *Moments in Between* (2021).

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro: Ruth B., *Lupe Fiasco*]

Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh

Lupe, uh-huh

Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh

*Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh*

[Verse 1: Ruth B.]

Tell me how to drive with the windows down

Now that you're not in the passenger seat

Tell me how to dance with my best friends

Guess that my best friends know that you're not with me

[Pre-Chorus: Ruth B.]

Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh

I don't hate you, I just gotta learn to

Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh

I don't hate you, I just gotta learn to

[Chorus: Ruth B.]

Summer days are lonely

When it's only me in my room

Wondering if you know that I'm

Still singing about you, ooh

Found your dirty Nikes, they remind me

Of what I've been through

You should know it makes me sick

That I'm still singing 'bout you, ooh

[Post-Chorus: Ruth B.]

Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh (Oh-oh, oh)

I don't hate you, I just gotta learn to

Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh (Oh-oh, oh)

I don't hate you, I just gotta learn to

[Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco]

Yeah (Yeah), I say

Questions from that snake or somethin'

Lessons how to leave alone

Protections for my peace at home

[?] to teach a stone

To eat and sleep and read a poem

Meditatin', speakin' Oms

Investigate the deeper zones

To detach, scratch with no rematches

Block accounts and delete the ashes

As if we don't need the classics, and

Goin' backwards against that cancel culture

These mental sculptures, demandin' closure

And exposure

That's so quantum physics

But an honest pivot from that common district (Yeah)

To that monumentous, unconquered continent in the distance

Let's take a tour van to that pure land

Ensure fans can partake

Have a festival for the rest of you

Sing a heart sutures to heartaches, yeah (Yeah)

[Chorus: Ruth B., *Lupe Fiasco*]

Summer days are lonely

When it's only me in my room (*Uh-huh*)

Wondering if you know that I'm (*Yeah, yeah*)

Still singing about you, ooh (*Yeah, yeah*)

Found your dirty Nikes, they remind me

Of what I've been through (*Oh, oh*)

You should know it makes me sick

That I'm still singing 'bout you, ooh

[Post-Chorus: Ruth B., *Lupe Fiasco*]

Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh (Oh-oh, oh, *Lupe*)

I don't hate you, I just gotta learn to (*Lupe*)

Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh (Oh-oh, oh, *yeah, yeah*)

I don't hate you, I just gotta learn to (*Yeah, yeah*)

[Bridge: Ruth B., *Lupe Fiasco*]

Drive with the windows down

Now that you're not (*Uh-huh*) in the passenger seat

Dance with my best friend's

Guess that my best friend's (*Uh-huh*) know that you're not with me (*Yeah*)

[Outro: Lupe Fiasco, *Ruth B.*]

Here we go (*Oh-oh, oh*)

Let's take a tour van to that pure land

Partake

Have a festival for the rest of you

Sing a heart sutures to heartaches, yeah (*Oh-oh, oh*)

Lupe

*Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh (Oh-oh, oh)*

*Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh*

## References

1. ↑ Sousa, Toni (December 17, 2021). "Ruth B. releases Moments in Between Deluxe Special Edition". *Canadian Beats*.
Get in It MusicFest

**Get in It MusicFest** was a music festival produced by Illinois Sports Facilities Authority (ISFA). American rapper Lupe Fiasco would've been one of the main headliners in its inaugural year, though the event organizers announced on September 5, 2017, that the event was canceled. They explained in their statement, "We need more time to work with the community, to involve the agencies serving Chicago's high-risk youth and to expand our outreach to fans across Chicago who we know want to be a part of this fight." A "concert series" is now in the works for next year." A portion of the ticket sales would've went towards the organization, Get IN Chicago, which aims to reduce youth violence.

## References

1. ↑ Galil, Leor (May 30, 2018). "Does Chicago Have Too Many Music Festivals?". *Chicago Reader*.
2. ↑ Ward, Joe (September 5, 2017). "Sox Park Music Fest with Macklemore, Lupe Fiasco Abruptly Canceled". *DNAinfo*.
Ian Davis

**Ian Davis** is one of the main characters in *It lies beneath.*

## Biography

Ian was raised by his mother after his father had to go to jail for abusing Ian and his mother when he was ten years old. She has to take extra jobs as they come from a poor family and Ian's dad left them no money.

## Personality

Ian starts off as the popular jock. He plays football in the varsity team and has a girlfriend named Sarah. He loves to party and have a good laugh. He is a known troublemaker and makes more problems than he can solve. He is not the smartest, but he has good ideas every once in a while. He is easy-going and seems to be carefree and energetic and acts like the life is a party. However, Ian knows that life isn't that easy.
Coachella

The **Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival** (also simply known as **Coachella**) is an annual music and arts festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Lupe Fiasco performed in 2007 and 2009, at the Coachella Stage.

## References

1. ↑ "Coachella 2007 Line-Up Announced". *IGN*. January 22, 2007.
2. ↑ "Coachella 2009 Line-Up". *Stereogum*. January 30, 2009.
AOL Sessions

***AOL Sessions*** is a live music and interview series started by AOL Music in 2002. It features artists performing at their studio based in Los Angeles, California. In 2006, Lupe Fiasco performed several songs from his debut album *Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor*, including the singles "Kick, Push", "I Gotcha", and "Daydreamin'". The episode aired on November 7, 2006, in the United States.

## Set list

* "Kick, Push"
* "Daydreamin'"
* "I Gotcha"
* "Sunshine"
* "The Instrumental"
3 Times

## Song by Lupe Fiasco, GemStones, and Un Kasa

"**3 Times**" is a song by American rappers Lupe Fiasco, GemStones, and Un Kasa. It was released as the second track from the mixtape *FNF Mixtape Vol. 1* (2002). It is also referred to as "The Map" online.

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco]

*F-N-F Mixtape Volume 1!*

*(Fiasco, Fiasco!)*

Yes I, F-I, Westside, left side of the inc.

That's why Was hot, like the left side of the sink

Left hand like the right, plumb fool with the tool, right hand on the pipe

I give you some, everything but the kitchen one

The phones is tapped but I can never leak it

I'm on the run, I'm off it, back on it

Way too true, I can never force it

I'm much cooler when it comes to rapping

My only capsize is seven and a half in hats and

I'm on the boat with the chick

Y'all fishbowled DiCaprio and the captain

Let it sink in duke

While I foots you a brick like cement shoes

So throw in your towels, I'm unstoppable

But lemme stop, I don't wanna overflow

This is gangster, man

[Verse 2: Gemini]

*From the Southside of Chicago*

*Gemini*

[Verse 3: Un Kasa]

*Un Kasa*
BET Awards

The **BET Awards** is an annual American awards show by the Black Entertainment Television network. It was established in 2001 to celebrate black entertainers and other minorities in music, film, sports and philanthropy. In 2007, Lupe Fiasco was nominated for Best New Artist, his first and only nomination.

## References

1. ↑ "2007 BET Awards List of Winners". *HipHopDX*. June 26, 2007.
Barry Brecheisen

**Barry Brecheisen** is an American freelance photographer based in Chicago, Illinois. He was commissioned by *Rolling Stone* to do a photoshoot for American rapper Lupe Fiasco ahead of the debut album release, *Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor* (2006). It was held at Wacker Drive in Chicago. On his website, Brecheisen recalled, "I left the next day on a flight that was too early for the amount of sleep I had, but better safe than tardy. Which in turn is what Lupe was and changed the time frame for the shoot a few times that day. […] He too, as it turned out, had just flown in to Chicago that day as well. While I was waiting for him to show, I saw the possibilities of using this sign of a parking garage. As I was shooting, I saw the possibilities of the words spelling out You Are King, well sort of…"

He continued, "Looking at it now I think it works. Especially for a rapper that has the whole world ahead of him. I think I needed to play with it a little more and gave up on that idea too soon. Perhaps had him block the writing with his body but I think shooting in the other direction was a little less picturesque. Maybe I'll come back to this with a future session. From there we started to walk south on Wabash for a block. I had an idea to go into another parking garage and treat the moment as a day for night shoot. With my handy flash bar, I would drag the shutter and give the image a warm quality to trick us into thinking this was night time and not the middle of the afternoon."

## References

1. ↑ Brecheisen, Barry (August 25, 2006). "Lupe Fiasco".
Chris Brown

**Christopher Maurice Brown** (born May 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor.

## Background

In 2008, Lupe Fiasco was featured on the remix version of Brown's single, "Forever," their first official collaboration. This followed by "Girlfriend," a track from Brown's album *Graffiti* (2009). Brown was also featured on the song "Crack," which was intended to be a single from Fiasco's fifth studio album, *Tetsuo & Youth* (2015), though remained unreleased.

## Freestyle

**Lyrics**
Cameraman and spectators: "Nerdy Chris, what it go, how it go? How it go Nerdy Chris?" "Let's go Nerdy Chris"

Chris Brown: "Okay, line for line"

Lupe Fiasco: "Why you gotta a singer on a rapper?"

Chris Brown: "It's breezy, Grandma on shwayze"

[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco]

Yeah, yeah, get my flavor flav on

A clock on my chest, No Glock on my hip

Got rims on my whip, the rims on my whip

Got Tims on my feet, Never

Too clever forever, for any MC

I'll will beat any competitor

Rippin' to live and hold it down

Man, Christopher Brown

[Verse 2: Chris Brown]

I'm in the town, I'm flickin'-flickin' flows

But I don't care about which any meany-miny-ho

I want to get to know

I'm trying to get the Diddy

So I can take the teleo, and do the show

I rock, I rap, I rickity-diggity-ickity rap

But I do my own thing, and he's still a mack

[Verse 3: Lupe Fiasco]

And the sniggy-sniggy snap, and we live in the Chi

And we do it from the bottom to the top

To the tippy on my tippy-toes

Many flows spittin'

When I rip into conditions, it's critical

When I be flippin', spittin' introductions

Everybody's bustin', no we still hustlin'

No need for introduction, percussions

Concussion you will receive when you leave

From me like Christopher Reeve

## References

1. ↑ "Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco)". *Twitter*. October 9, 2013.
Friend of the People

## Song by Lupe Fiasco featuring Dayne Jordan

"**Friend of the People**" is a song by American rapper Lupe Fiasco, released as the third track from his mixtape, *Friend of the People: I Fight Evil* (2011). It samples the 2011 song "Jack Wire (Instrumental)" by SebastiAn.

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro: Lupe Fiasco]

Friend! Friend!

[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco]

Lu, coupe, no, more doors

Porsche or, no, more doors, sedan

Hmmm, 4-more, no, more doors

More doors than that *Lord of Rings* that Frodo went to war for

You'll see more war than World War 4

Or Lord of War when Nicolas lost his brother

Brougham, no, man, too slow for my program

Need punk rock, not slow jams, mosh pits not hold hands

Or slow dance, or romance, I'll take this bitch like Lo Pan

Put her right into Do's hands, tell her how this gon' go, man

[Hook: Dosage]

Animals, animals, we are more like cannibals

Follow rules, what rules? We don't ever answer to

No King Tuts, no presidents, this is more like a ritual

What am I scared of death for? Life is just an interlude

[Verse 2: Dosage, Lupe Fiasco]

Let's begin this interview, I know they got a lot of questions

I don't have on a unitard, but I can answer the detective

None of these dicks can trace me, I don't go that direction

*This is the beginning of a massacre, I'm tired of getting treated like a step-kid*

*This where I step in, 'cause this Dosage from Philly and he so sick*

And he my friend, so he your friend, it's who Lupe Fiasco with

They wanna know if I'm insane, I just don't accept defeat

But since I'm nominated this is gonna be my acceptance speech

Your big bro requesting me

'Cause I'm a friend of the people and I'm next to be

In the game, I don't hear the referees whistling technically

Dixie, let me sing!

(*I wish I was in the land of cotton*

*Old times, they are not forgotten!*

*Look away! Look away! Look away!*) I forever see

Don't go back or forever be a slave to the nation

Touché, Lupe, this is history in the making

[Verse 3: Lupe Fiasco]

We so in Smithsonians when the story ends

We was there when the story started, making history before we's artists

You know we's targets: Tar-get, we always start shit

Or shall I say hot-wired, ride around reckless and double-park it

Look how many fines that the car get

Take the boots off it, throw the tickets in the garbage

Then go to court just to get up on some smart shit

Tell the motherfucking judge it's all ours, bitch
Credits Rollin' on 24s

## Song by Lupe Fiasco

"**Credits Rollin' on 24s**" is the eighth and final track from American rapper Lupe Fiasco's mixtape *Fahrenheit 1/15 Part III: A Rhyming Ape* (2005). Sampling the 2005 song "Don't Get Lost in Heaven" by the Gorillaz, Fiasco pays respect to the people who helped the project come to fruition.

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
*A Rhyming Ape*

Lupe the Gorilla presents: *Fahrenheit 1/15*, part three: *A Rhyming Ape*

It's been a production of 1st and 15th, starring Lupe Fiasco as Lupe Fiasco. The Gorillaz as the Gorillaz. All songs—well, the rapping parts of the songs were written by Lupe Fiasco as me. All production beats, the little parts and stuff, brought to you by Gorillaz. *Demon Days* album in stores now. Additional vocals... like, little stuff right there brought to you by the unanimated Matthew Santos. Other additional vocals brought to you by Gemini, Shayla G, Little Charles, and Diana. All engineer and Pro Toolery done by Greg "G-Ball" Magers. All production done by Lupe Fiasco with Greg "G-Ball" Magers. Executive produced by Chilly Chill, of course. Special thanks go out to our caterers: HFC, Dunkin' Donuts. Big shout-out to DJ Green Lantern, DJ Busy. Big shoutout to the Gorillaz—please don't sue me. Big shout-out to Nigo, please, please don't sue me. The *Rhyming Ape* is an unregistered trademark. Lupe the Gorilla is an unregistered trademark. But if you touch *Fahrenheit 1/15*, I'm gonna bust your ass. Peace!

*Angel nights*
Crowd Participation

## Song by Japanese Cartoon

"**Crowd Participation**" is a song by American indie-rock band Japanese Cartoon. It was released as the fifth track from their debut studio album, *In the Jaws of the Lords of Death* (2010).

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Verse 1]

On the outskirts

Worry bout fittin' in

I'm blending out, I'm giving out

Radioactive, radioactive

Sociopathic, all the old tactics

To keep us down

To keep us down

[Hook]

Critical mass

Critical mass

(Critical mass)

[Verse 2]

On the outskirts

Talk of being down

Do without, I'll do without

Radioactive, radioactive

Sociopathic, all the old tactics

To keep us down

Underground

[Hook]

Critical mass

Critical mass

(Critical mass)

[Verse 3]

By design, by the law

By the way, buy some more

By design, by the law

By the way, buy some more

By design, by the law

By the way, buy some more

By design, by the law

By the way, buy some more

In a rage

The lies that are on your face

And in your mouth, in your mouth

Radioactive, radioactive

Sociopathic, all the old tactics

To keep us out

[Hook]

Critical mass

Critical mass

(Critical mass)

[Outro]

I'm on the outskirt

The edge of being there

I'm giving out, I'm blending out

I'm radioactive, radioactive

I'm radioactive, radioactive

Radioactive, radioactive