He does have “a$$hole” energy , pause if necessary. I personally don’t believe any of the “he was gangsta” fables…I think he was a nerd who has gangsta brothers/family or sumn who used their gangsta to get him into the rap scene in Chicago, etc… so at root he’s just a nerd who got successful and has adoration amongst his fans…and acts as such with them, .I still remember when Lupe made his own "country" on twitter and proceeded to block anyone who disagreed with him.
Or when Lupe was supposed to drop that one mixtape years ago and told his fans to fukk off while he climbs a mountain
and that he would withhold the mixtape because he felt they were outta line and needed to be punished/
And several other instances of bro just generally being a jack ass.
All you can do is LOL really because people ride really hard for this dude.
Great rapper.
Absolutely horrid persona.
Don’t matter though, still the best lyricist ever…all that other shhit means nothing. He’s better than everyone, lol,