Update on Fiascogate: Q-Tip Fires Back
Things couldn’t get any worse for Lupe, following his anti-ATCQ remarks. His last line of defense was that Q-Tip personally asked him to be a part of the VH1 tribute. Well, Tip is saying that he never approached Lupe about the show.
“We never hunted him down and begged him to be a part of the show or anything like that. His name was pitched to us by VH1, and we said, ok cool. The only time I spoke to Lupe about the Hip Hop honors performance was on a conference call, which we did with the others artists too, like Busta and Common, to plan the performance.
When VH1 brought his name up, based on what he had said about us before, I thought it was ironic and it kind of humored me. All that stuff he said about never listening to a Tribe album before and having no interest in doing so, it doesn’t make sense to me.
As I said on the show itself, it was listening to NWA’s “Straight Outta Compton” that inspired us to make “Low-End Theory,” and years later, I spoke to Dr. Dre and he told me that hearing “Low-End Theory,” inspired him to make “The Chronic.” That’s what music does. That’s what artists do, they seek out information, of all kinds.
But no, I never hunted him down to be part of the tribute. That didn’t happen.” [Source: Missinfo.tv]
Lupe really needs to move up his album release date, because he couldn’t buy this type of publicity if he wanted to.
The Cool in stores on December 18th.
Update: Lupe, you’re a talented kid and all, but please stop talking. And go hire a good PR.
Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool in stores December 18th. Cop two copies.
