Lupe Fiasco has gone down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole in his new music video for “Precious Things” — check it out below.
As the song plays in the background, Lupe rabidly searches the internet in order to try and decode a few of the conspiracy beliefs fans have theorized about him over the years, including his odd hand gestures and his relationship to Islam and Kuwait.
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The eccentric music video is the latest visual to be pulled off Lupe Fiasco’s eighth studio album Drill Music in Zion and comes after the Chicago rapper gave his track “Autoboto” the visual treatment last summer.
While fans have always shared various theories about his dense lyrics, Lupe was appointed as an MLK Visiting Professor at MIT last May, teaching eager Hip Hop heads how to craft their own provocative lyrics in his introductory lecture for “Rap Theory & Practice.”
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His placement at the university was announced alongside associate professor of theater Eunice Ferreira and documentary filmmaker Louis Massiah, with all three being deemed experts in arts and humanities.
Described as “an exploration into the underlying fundamental functions, structures, and principles of rap,” the introductory class found Lupe delving into the concept of “shapes and details” when it comes to writing rhymes and the power of “surprises,” among other topics.
“I been holding this for a while. I’ll put together something more sophisticated later that really captures the nuance and gravity but for now I’ll just say it straight and raw: I’m going to teach Rap at MIT,” Lupe tweeted following the announcement.
He continued: “Syllabus isn’t built yet but I’m thinking its fruit to be had in looking at neuromorphic computation through the lens of Rap as a lossless data compression model with a dash of energy efficiency via refining Landauer’s principle applied to cytoarchitectonics. And some rapping…”
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The entire 90-minute lecture was uploaded to YouTube on December 28 at the same time Lupe announced that registration for next semester’s course was now open.
“Lupe Fiasco presents ‘Rap Theory & Practice: an Introduction,’” he wrote next to the clip. “CMS.S60 Rap Theory & Practice now available for 2023 Spring semester registration.”
Watch “Precious Things” below:
