AOL Music Adds Lupe Fiasco to Lineup of This Summer's Breaker Artists.

NEW YORK -- This week AOL Music (http://www.aolmusic.com) added hip-hop phenom Lupe Fiasco to this season's list of Breaker artists. Though skateboarding, comic books and Japanese cartoons are not the preferred pastimes of most hip-hop artists, Lupe Fiasco is different. The 24 year-old Chicago legend has already worked with Kanye West (on 'Touch the Sky'), gotten support from Jay-Z and co-founded his own imprint called 1st & 15th.

With his debut album, Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor, hitting stores on September 19, Lupe Fiasco is ready to take the music industry by storm. Laced with 14-tracks of complex, thought-provoking and playful lyricism coupled with sure-fire beats, Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor showcases his diverse background and artistry.

Throughout the season, Lupe Fiasco and other AOL Music Breaker artists are showcased on AOLMusic.com and across the AOL(R) Music and Radio Networks. Elements of the artist campaign includes an appearance on AOL(R) Sessions, the intimate, in-studio performance series, AIM(R) Music Interviews, song and music video debuts, and heavy rotation on AOL Radio (http://www.aolradio.com). Fans can visit AOL Music (http://www.aolmusic.com) to learn more about Lupe Fiasco, watch his video for "Kick Push" and listen to "I Gotcha."

As previously announced, this season's AOL Music Breakers include British chanteuse Corinne Bailey Rae, pop-punks Cartel, country band The Lost Trailers, hard-rocking Aussie trio Wolfmother, rhythmic singer-songwriter Mat Kearney and 15-year-old hip-hop phenomenon Young Leek.

Recent Breakers success stories also include 2006 Best New Artist Grammy winner John Legend and platinum artists Fall Out Boy and Sugarland, as well as newcomers Panic! at the Disco and Teddy Geiger. Other artists to be featured as Breakers at the onset of their careers include Avril Lavigne, Josh Groban, 50 Cent, Michelle Branch, The Game, Jet and Keyshia Cole.

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