"Why the name Lupe Fiasco? 'My real name is Wasalu and my nickname's always been Lu. When I started I was rapping under Little Lu or Lyrical Underdog. It Lupe comes from when I was at high school and I had a friend called Lupe. I was, like, 'Yo, I'm gonna take your name.' He was cool so I became Lupe. Fiasco came from an album called The Firm and they had a song called 'Firm Fiasco'. I liked the way it looked on paper.'"