Lupe is further advancing the intersection of Hip-Hop and academia following the announcement that the renowned lyricist will join Johns Hopkins University later this year as a professor of Hip-Hop, adding to his growing list of honours in higher education.
Lupe Fiasco donned a Johns Hopkins baseball cap to announce the good news. According to the Chicago rapper, commencing Fall 2025, he will be “teaching Rap as part of the groundbreaking new 4-year Hip Hop Degree Program led by the visionary Professor @wendelpatrickofficialmusic.”
Lupe also confirmed he will continue teaching at MIT and his fellowship at Yale “while advancing Rap studies and practice into the upper echelons of higher education at large.”
