Tickets go on sale Monday for Lupe Fiasco's EIU show
Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Monday for Eastern Illinois University's spring concert featuring rapper Lupe Fiasco and guests Shwayze and Cisco Adler.
The concert will begin at 8 p.m. April 4 in Lantz Arena, Charleston. Tickets, priced at $10 for EIU students with Panther Card IDs and $20 for all others, will be available between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. weekdays through the Martin Luther King Jr. Union Ticket Office on the second floor in the west wing. For more information, call 581-5122.
Fiasco, who was born and raised on the west side of Chicago, was influenced by California gangster rap artists such as Spice 1 and Ice Cube. Eventually, Fiasco became more interested in the positive messages that artists such as Nas and Jay-Z convey.
In 2004, Fiasco signed with Atlantic Records and launched his own company, 1st & 5th Entertainment, and released his debut album, "Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor." Another Chicago native, Kanye West, helped him receive recognition with his hit single "Touch the Sky," in which Fiasco sang one verse.
In 2006, Fiasco was nominated for three Grammys, including best rap album, best solo rap performance and best song for "Kick Push." Now he returns with his second album, "The Cool," which produced the hit single "Superstar."
Opening act Shwayze and Cisco Adler are songwriters from a trailer park in Malibu, Calif. Their music consists of laid-back melodies, hip-hop rhythms and acoustic guitars. Shwayze collaborated with Adler on all of the songs on their latest album, inspired by Malibu summers.
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