Lupe Fiasco has shared the alleged story of how Heineken began making non-alcoholic beer, which he claims to be responsible for.
The Chicago rapper took to X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday (April 17) to share a poster of his upcoming performance during Weekend 2 of Coachella.
Lupe will be performing at the Heineken House, which led a user to question his religious practices. The commenter wrote: “You say you’re Muslim but be sponsored by Heineken… Please, explain.”
Fiasco did explain. He said: “True Story: The President of Heineken is a dear brother of mine. When we hang out with the [horns up emoji] crew I could never join in with the after hours drinks so he made Heineken 0.0 for me so I could drink too. So if you see me repping Heineken it’s family and 100% non-alcoholic.”
Earl Sweatshirt responded to the story. He said: “good looks lu,” to wich Lupe said: “Cheers beloved! [hands forming heart emoji].”
Check out the exchange below.
Round 2
🌪️#Indiopic.twitter.com/Fommd9LfhP
— CHECKIN’ Out Now! #APTMC (@LupeFiasco) April 17, 2024
You say you’re Muslim but be sponsored by Heineken… Please, explain.
— Auronus Ben (@NotUrUzi) April 17, 2024
True Story: The President of Heineken is a dear brother of mine. When we hang out with the 🤘🏾 crew I could never join in with the after hours drinks so he made Heineken 0.0 for me so I could drink too. So if you see me repping Heineken it’s family and 100% non-alcoholic. https://t.co/I3m1Q3r17Opic.twitter.com/D5jDn260Zx
— CHECKIN’ Out Now! #APTMC (@LupeFiasco) April 17, 2024
good looks lu
— thebe kgositsile (@earlxsweat) April 18, 2024
The “Superstar” MC made waves during his Weekend 1 Coachella set when he made it clear he’s ready to take on any rapper breathing in a battle.
As tensions between some of the biggest names in the game continued to escalate over the past weekend, the Chicago lyricist delivered a fiery speech during his performance to remind his peers about his pedigree on the mic.
“Hear me clearly when I say this, and I mean it from the bottom of my heart, when it comes to this art. And I quote: I will battle any motherfucking rapper anywhere, any motherfucking time! I don’t give a fuck how many records you sold, I don’t give a fuck how many awards you have,” he declared.
“If you want smoke, I swear on my motherfucking soul I will run through n-ggas, I will chew up n-ggas, I will fuck up n-ggas. Quit playing with me! And that goes for every motherfucker walking and talking.”
He then called out Tyler, The Creator, who was in the crowd and later joined him on stage, as well a member of the audience who apparently looked like Bad Bunny.
“That goes for Tyler’s motherfucking ass. That goes for you, this Bad Bunny-looking motherfucker right here. I don’t care!” he continued. “I do this shit for real, dawg. Stop putting my name in shit unless you want them flames and shit. I am not playing.”
