After posting his thoughts on the George Zimmerman verdict earlier this week, rapper Lupe Fiasco joked that being retweeted by Glenn Beck was a sure sign that the end times had arrived. The world has kept spinning as usual, but Fiasco did protect his Twitter account this week following backlash over his assessment of the Zimmerman trial, which he said should never have been televised: “the potential to antagonize U.S. race relations was, in my dumb, opinion too risky and unnecessary,” he concluded.
It wasn’t all backlash, certainly. While P. Diddy, Big Boi, Nicki Minaj, Busta Rhymes and countless other rappers reacted to the verdict with outrage and disgust, Fiasco’s more introspective take resonated with many of his 1.4 million followers.
https://twitter.com/PaulSzoldra/status/356505809011740674
Lupe fiasco is on point about the trial ? pic.twitter.com/qBMBxJIDaj
— Genos (@jsyed7) July 14, 2013
https://twitter.com/nick_dags/status/356264546136109056
https://twitter.com/TheMusokaShinja/status/356596660366872576
It seems like @LupeFiasco is the only big name I've seen so far with some actual sense of the Zimmerman Trial
— Haaland Fan Club (@CaseSkywalker) July 15, 2013
Everyone please read what @LupeFiasco had to say about Zimmerman trial. Nobody has said it better. The ONLY rapper I remotely care for.
— Marty Smith (@m_smitty22) July 16, 2013
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Though he’s not accepting new followers, Fiasco welcomed his remaining followers to what he’s calling “the Happy Republic of North Scorea,” a “happy place full of happy intelligent folk” where “offenses such as e-bullying, slander and all around unsavory fortitudes are Thinnable offenses resulting in immediate expulsion.” He also unveiled an interim flag to represent his new utopia.
The Interim Flag Of The TweePublic Of #NorthScorea @LupeFiasco pic.twitter.com/qpZsrDeck0
— Lupe Fiasco Fans (@MrLupeFiasco) July 19, 2013
@LupeFiasco started his own nation! lol #NorthScorea ? If you weren't following , it's too late.
— Cori McLaurin (@corihenricksen) July 19, 2013
God bless #NORTHSCOREA
— Bryan Lordeus (@bryancreates) July 19, 2013
@LupeFiasco North Scorea is 153rd most populated country in the world at 1.4 million citizens. It is in front of Trinadad and Tobago
— Pat (@datrickpugger) July 19, 2013
@LupeFiasco I really been Looking for something like North Scorea for a long time.
— ?El Heato (@HeatLoco) July 20, 2013
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North Scorea does, however, maintain normal trade relations with the United States through the unprotected @lupefiascostore account.
Good Morning Beautiful People of #NORTHSCOREA!!!
— lupefiascostore.com (@lupefiascostore) July 19, 2013
We do not judge here. #NORTHSCOREA
— lupefiascostore.com (@lupefiascostore) July 19, 2013
Clarity is our weapon. #NORTHSCOREA
— lupefiascostore.com (@lupefiascostore) July 19, 2013
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