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Inspired: American hip-hop star Lupe Fiasco performs at the Back to the City Festival in Johannesburg

Lupe Fiasco’s mural of purpose, craft and substance

For years, Lupe Fiasco’s music lived softly in my mind – a hum of resistance, a reminder of truth. Then, under Joburg’s stormy sky, I finally stood before the man who wields words like swords

  • Eyaaz
8 min read
Hip-hopping: The Back to the City Festival will take place in Johannesburg on 11 October. Photo: Supplied

Diary: Back to the City Festival; Babalwa Mentjies; A Protea Is Not a Flower

Your essential dose of art and culture

  • Eyaaz
2 min read