![]() ![]() “Mike Shinoda was calling, Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park, ‘Duh-duh-duh-duh-duh, Yo, I want you to jump on my album,’” Lupe relayed to The FADER in a 2006 cover story. Whatever the motivation sourced from, it prompted Mike to reach out. Mike Shinoda perhaps knew of this predilection he also perhaps knew that Lupe was ready to become one of the most talked-about rappers out. To invest in Mike Shinoda’s artistry was to receive a rap music education, as well as a sensitivity to the people that helped build it. He used his platform to introduce me to underground legends, to show me where hip-hop came from and how to stand up against the injustices that plague its communities. Mike Shinoda didn’t just get me into rap music he showed me what rap music could be, who could participate in it, and how they could do so. But it was that attraction to detail, that sensitivity to people’s issues, that willingness to uplift that made his work special. It's studio album predecessor, Hybrid Theory, is the best-selling debut album of the 21st century, certified Diamond and then some in the United States. As the most successful Asian American hip-hop artist, he wouldn’t have had to be such a hip-hop head to attract a following. ![]() ![]() He was the first Asian American rapper to have a number-one album with Meteora. Mike Shinoda, the multitalented Linkin Park co-founder responsible for the band's hip-hop inroads, could’ve easily done less. ![]()
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