Rapper Lupe Fiasco and ZeRo to possibly face off at EVO 2016

If somebody told you that famous rapper Lupe Fiasco would play Smash 4 champion ZeRo, would you have believed them? Well, it may be happening on Smash's biggest stage yet -- EVO 2016. The challenge came from ZeRo today on Twitter, and Lupe was quick to reply:

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Additionally, Lupe will be going back to his Street Fighter roots by picking Ryu -- even requesting the guidance of Trela, who is widely regarded as the best Ryu main in the world.

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Though EVO has not released an official statement on this exhibition yet, this new rivalry is sure to be very exciting in the weeks to come. Be sure to follow Lupe and ZeRo on Twitter and stay tuned to Smashboards for more EVO and Smash 4 news.

 

This might actually make me watch some smash 4

 

Can't wait to see this happen it would be great to watch.

 

Lupe vs Daigo, Lupe won
Lupe vs Zero, Lupe wins
Lupe vs Rip, Lupe wins

Lupe>>>>>Fgc

 

Dumbass *****. Bet money that Lupe gone get his ass whupped.

 

Well this is certainly surprising....

 

Looking forward to it

 

ZeRo`s face in the thumbnail looks hilarious

 

Will Lupe be the next person to beat zero?

 

I'm hyped to see this tbh

 

The same Lupe that ducked fights on Twitter from MKX players after saying it was a game "for people who can't play SF" and when confronted about it, told the FGC they should "eat a **** and die". But of course he deleted those posts and then everyone rode on his nuts for a few weeks over an obvious match fix.

Screw Lupe, as far as I'm concerned. Is the Smash community really so desperate for attention that we need to bring in random celebrities who don't give a damn about the game or the community in order to "bring hype"? Whatever the hell that means, because we know the matches aren't gonna be good anyway. It was pathetic when the SF5 community did it, and it'll still be pathetic if it happens with Smash.

I agree. We don't need this. I'm more hype seeing top players playing against each other. Now it would be more interesting to see a celebrity play the game genuinely, come to tournaments for the sole purpose of playing, not just cutting the line and playing top players and then just leave. That's not contribution. Also, ZeRo shouldn't lose the match on purpose either. We practice this game sacredly, so therefore to show off we must kill every opponent. No mercy for Lupe. In short, this is just shallow entertainment, and we could do better than this.