Lupe Fiasco teaches fundamental functions, structures, and principles of rap.
As announced earlier this year, Lupe Fiasco was hired by MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) to share his knowledge about rap. The rapper shared a 90-minute introduction lecture for his “Rap Theory & Practice” course.
“Lupe Fiasco presents ‘Rap Theory & Practice: an Introduction,’” he wrote On his Twitter. “CMS.S60 Rap Theory & Practice now available for 2023 Spring semester registration.”
Lupe Fiasco presents “Rap Theory & Practice: an Introduction” https://t.co/BIpmyLObyB via @YouTube
CMS.S60 Rap Theory & Practice now available for 2023 Spring semester registration@mit_cmsw @MIT @SOSAguild
— “DRILL MUSIC IN ZION” Out Now! (@LupeFiasco) December 27, 2022
In the introduction class, the Chicago rapper decodes Eminem’s “Stan”, Kendrick Lamar’s “Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst” and his own track “Jonylah Forever,” which appeared on his 2018 album DROGAS Wave. The class also included topics like “Evolution & Rap Mechanics,” “Teaching Rap and Rap Technology,” “Merging Rap and Institutions,” “Fundamental Laws of Rap,” and “Makings of a Rap Grandmaster.”
Lupe Fiasco made the announcement with the statement: “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…”
Check out the full thing below.
