Child Rebel Soldier

Child Rebel Soldier (shortened as CRS) is an alternative hip-hop side project of American rapper Lupe Fiasco. The project was originally a supergroup composed of Lupe (child), Kanye West (rebel), and Pharrell Williams (soldier). Formed in 2007, the trio released two collaborative singles prior to their original disbandment in 2013. In 2024, Lupe expressed plans to revive the group as a solo side project, where he would strictly rap over Radiohead samples. He released what would be the first Child Rebel Soldier song in almost fourteen years, "Shrink!" on August 14, 2024, via his YouTube channel, sampling the Radiohead song "Optimistic".[edit]