The accessibility of social media means that all celebrities can be inundated by their fans, 24/7. They may not take the time to reply and check every single comment or message, but the fact remains that any fan can send a comment or message directly to their favorite celebrity whenever they please– whether it’s good or bad.
There are some artists who choose to engage more often with their fans. Lupe Fiasco appears to be one of them. The rapper decided to reveal one of the many DMs he receives daily, which was in fact, a negative DM. Lupe took a different approach in his response to the upset fan– he not only offered his “acknowledgment” directly on an Instagram post, but he hit the booth and recorded a full-on song over Eminem‘s “Stan” instrumental.
The fan wrote to Lupe, “Damn man. We the fans made u rich and u don’t even have decency to acknowledge us, that’s so wrong man. ur doing it wrong.” After screenshoting the message and sharing it on IG, as you can see below, and then he elaborates further on this idea that it’s the fans who’ve made him (or any artist) rich by exposing misinformation in the “Stan” freestyle.
“I mean Pat, I think you gotta understand / I’m just a regular person / I’m just a man / I know you like a fan and felt / you did a lot for me / but I had something to do with writing raps / right, possibly? / I mean I did a lot to get to where I am / a lot of sacrifice to have someone like you as a fan / And this ain’t easy, the record labels are greazy / Even with all of that / I don’t want to downplay your role / Believe me,” he raps.
He continues: “The last thing you wanna hear is some fan saying that you made me / Or that you pay my bill,” Lupe continues. “You pay like $10 to keep it real / if you bought every album that would probably be like 50 or 60 / if you did a show, that’s another 35 / that’s less than $100, that’s not enough to keep us alive / and I don’t wanna downplay your input / or your financial transactions to get us where we are / but there’s more to our job than just pretending to be a star.”
Listen to the freestyle below.
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