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Up on the south and west sides of chicago, but inside his home was always an island of sanity, supportive, creative environment. what was different about your family? >> lupe: my mother and my father were very intelligent, and politically oriented, and active so, you know, i got book smart and street smart, you know. >> anthony: floyd webb is an old family friend. this is lupe's mom shirley as becomes quickly apparent, she is along with being an extraordinarily good cook and extraordinary and determined human being. man, this is so outrageously, delicious, wow. the whole time we're eating by t...

He got killed in a drive by," or "he got shot in the south centl." >> anthony: hip-hop artist extraordinaire, lupe fiasco grew up on the south and west sides of chicago, but inside his home was always an island of sanity, supportive, creative environment. what was different about your family? >> lupe: my mother and my father were very intelligent, and politically oriented, and active so, you know, i got book smart and street smart, you know. >> anthony: floyd webb is an old family friend. this is lupe's mom shirley as becomes quickly apparent, she is along with being an extraordinarily good co...

He's dead now i don't want to speak poorly of the dead. ♪ >> lupe: we always lived in the hood, you would hear gunshots in the distance, you would get to know about gangs, you'll see the graffiti. the people who you were growing up with, playing with, wouldn't be there anymore. it's like, "oh, what happened to such and such?" "oh, he's dead. he was in a gang. he got killed in a drive by," or "he got shot in the south central." >> anthony: hip-hop artist extraordinaire, lupe fiasco grew up on the south and west sides of chicago, but inside his home was always an island of sanity, supportive, ...

Central." >> anthony: hip-hop artist extraordinaire, lupe fiasco grew up on the south and west sides of chicago, but inside his home was always an island of sanity, supportive, creative environment. what was different about your family? >> lupe: my mother and my father were very intelligent, and politically oriented, and active so, you know, i got book smart and street smart, you know. >> anthony: floyd webb is an old family friend. this is lupe's mom shirley as becomes quickly apparent, she is along with being an extraordinarily good cook and extraordinary and determined human being. man, thi...