{"id":173089,"date":"2020-06-21T07:59:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T15:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/?p=173089"},"modified":"2020-06-21T08:35:31","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T16:35:31","slug":"a-conversation-with-lupe-fiasco-l-the-company-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/a-conversation-with-lupe-fiasco-l-the-company-man","title":{"rendered":"A Conversation With Lupe Fiasco l The Company Man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Admittedly, this headline only references maybe 72 seconds of this nuanced 90-minute conversation dancing in all the world\u2019s ills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether Lupe Fiasco and I are delving into James Baldwin\u2019s relationship with the Nation Of Islam, or forcing companies to make Election Day a corporate holiday, or people\u2019s tendency to lie on surveys, or the challenges of actually succeeding from the union, or BlueFlu, or the movie Black Panther\u2014which are all covered herein\u2014the connective tissue is that aspiration without cross boundary collaboration is futile. It\u2019s better for Wakanda to team up with The Avengers than have to worry about the Hulk over there shoulder, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And in that regard, just like Lupe Fiasco delivers on \u201cValleys,\u201d Bernie Sanders really does need a Nike deal. He\u2014or whoever is next to carry the Progressive flag\u2014will have to collaborate with corporate America (in some fashion) in order to avoid getting backdoor\u2019d every Super Tuesday. \u201cIt worked for Colin Kaepernick\u201d Lu says in this conversation (recorded on Instagram Live). He\u2019s got a point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So this video title is a reminder that you may be surprised who\u2019s riding shotgun in your Lyft on the way to salvation. Friend or foe, you have to be willing to work with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, and Lupe says he\u2019s in album mode. It&#8217;s all happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow:<br>Https:\/\/Instagram.com\/lupefiasco<br>Https:\/\/twitter.com\/lupefiasco<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow:<br>Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/thecompanyman<br>Instagram: https:\/\/instagram.com\/thecompanyman<br>TikTok https:\/\/tiktok.com\/thecompanyman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lupe Fiasco Is Right. Bernie Sanders Needs A Nike Deal.\" width=\"1104\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FnDnsIElKXM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Admittedly, this headline only references maybe 72 seconds of this nuanced 90-minute conversation dancing in all the world\u2019s ills. Whether Lupe Fiasco and I are delving into James Baldwin\u2019s relationship with the Nation Of Islam, or forcing companies to make Election Day a corporate holiday, or people\u2019s tendency to lie on surveys, or the challenges [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":173092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[2019],"class_list":["post-173089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video","tag-lupe-fiasco","post_format-post-format-video"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}