Aloe Blacc and Vic Mensa have both contributed to a new benefit album, Defund the Sheriff, that’s part of a campaign to shift funding from police and incarceration in Los Angeles County toward other public services. Mensa appears on much of the album, including the opening track, “Largest Jail System …
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Vic Mensa skateboards, rides his motorcycle, and avoids wearing a shirt as much as possible in the new video for “In Some Trouble.” The clip also features Ty Dolla $ign, who dances on a balcony, plays with a cute puppy and sings full-throated come-ons: “He ain’t gonna love you like …
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It’s been a tumultuous week for Vic Mensa. The Chicago rapper faced criticism following a performance during the BET Hip-Hop Awards in which he denounced domestic abusers, with a line that many assumed was aimed at the late Florida rapper XXXTentacion.“Only time you bear arms is in a wife-beater, loser/Your …
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Nile Rodgers & Chicteam with Vic Mensa on their new single “Till the World Falls,” the latest preview off It’s About Time, the legendary funk band’s first album in 26 years. Like “Boogie All Night,” “Till the World Falls” features contributions from key Rodgers collaborators Mura Masa and NAO, who …
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