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Vic Mensa has done it all. Music with Justin Bieber, Pharrell and Jay-Z. Roles on Showtime's The Chi and Peacock's Bel-Air. And a fervor for speaking hard truths, even if the world isn't ready. What some saw as a problem turned out to be his purpose. His award-winning Orange Tree Series is now The Vic Mensa Show, a video-first sit-down at the intersection of politics and culture. Stories over statistics. Roast the powerful, never the victim. He is the format. Pull up.
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- 4 days ago22 min
INNANETAPE: Thirteen Years of Loading
Imagine getting so high and thinking… I am the internet. Vic Mensa sits down and takes us through the Innanet Tape era, circa 2013. The who, the what and the whys of how this project was created, friendships gained and lost, and what doors creating this work of art opened for him as an artist. Now, in 2026, The Innanet Tapes will be released on DSPs and streaming everywhere, on September 30th. Check it out. 📱 Follow @vicmensa Cold open Kids These Days and the breakup Do or die: the first solo project The Chicago blueprint: Common, Kanye and Lupe Independent then and now The cover art Finally on streaming Why orange? Reading the liner notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 1 weeks ago47 min
Durand Bernarr: Never Straight, Always Forward
Vic sits down with Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Durand Bernarr to talk about the cost of being loved by the public, why Durand is letting go of labels and the queer genius behind Black church music. The two also perform their collaboration "Homesick," off Durand's album Bernarr. Follow @vicmensa · @durandbernarr Guest: Durand Bernarr Cold open and live performance Grateful and still unhappy: fame and personal space Not hating, just not your target audience Mango Butter and being everything at once Mr. Brady and homophobia in the Black community Ghana and the colonizer in the mind The queer genius of the Black church Prince, D'Angelo, Michael and the R&B lean Sugar Family, three personalities and 20 years in Real success and asking before you hug Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 2 weeks ago2h 11m
Van Lathan Jr.: Revolutionaries at Equinox
Vic sits down with Van Lathan Jr., Oscar-winning producer, CNN panelist, and co-host of Higher Learning, for a conversation about politics, culture and the true cost of freedom. At its heart is an honest reckoning with the Black experience: the price of "earning your humanity" through talent and how one word flattens a whole world of culture, whether you're standing in Chicago, Ghana, or South Africa. 📱 Follow @vicmensa · @vanlathan 🎤 Guest: Van Lathan Jr. Cold open Van Jones, Palestine and the price of the invitation Reparations, Coates and the white liberals The Matrix was a documentary Kamala, the aunties and who the party serves Whose dead bodies matter Get Rich or Die Tryin' and the violence that raised us Black here, Black in Ghana, Black in South Africa Boxing, Spike Lee and Mo' Better Blues TMZ, the headlines and the cost of being watched Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 3 weeks ago1h 0m
Rapsody: God, Grammys & Gold Hoops
"What is your concept of God?" Vic welcomes Grammy Award-winning rapper and friend, Rapsody, to the show. They get into her album 'God Gotta Afro and Gold Hoops' and the trip to Ghana that inspired it. They also touch on the mental health of Black men, misogyny, and the Black female MC experience. Two of the sharpest pens in the game, giving each other their flowers. 📱 Follow @vicmensa · @rapsody 🎤 Guest: Rapsody Cold open: Africa on the map, and who's really poor "What is your concept of God?" — the meaning behind God Gotta Afro and Gold Hoops The Ghana trip: blue hour, colonial radio and bleaching cream The women who raised her and Black women as the standard of beauty Nikki Giovanni, James Baldwin and where Black men go to cry Stand Tall, sexuality and hip-hop's woman-hating problem The "female MC" label and the hardest rappers Why Lauryn Hill walked away Pinterest boards, colorism and The Wiz-inspired video Stubborn faith, the slave castles and giving each other flowers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Sep 2, 20262h 14m
How I Got 5 Years Sober ft. Kier Gaines
To honor five years of sobriety, Vic sits down with licensed therapist Kier Gaines for a conversation on how we heal. Vic and Kier explore the addiction, the shame that fed it, and the therapy, faith, and meditation that pulled him out. From there, the two of them talk about fatherhood, about choosing joy on a hard day, and about why the work doesn't stop at five years. Kier's new book, It All Starts When You Do, is out now. 📱 Follow @vicmensa · @kiergaines 🎤 Guest: Kier Gaines This episode touches on mental health and addiction. If you're struggling, you're not alone. In the US, call or text 988 anytime, or reach SAMHSA at 1-800-662-4357. Five years sober: the cold open and where it started Kindergarten, labels and the school-to-prison pipeline Anxiety, shame and the lowest point Joy, gratitude and the therapist who showed up Meditation, the 12 steps and staying present Toxic positivity, affirmations and the books that rebuild you When politics strains the people you love Fatherhood, weather vs. climate and learning to say no Choosing joy and diversifying your pillars "It All Starts When You Do": Kier's book, self-love and neutrality Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Aug 26, 20261h 44m
Chance The Rapper on Jealousy, Brotherhood and Black Liberation
Vic kicks off the series with the one person who's known him longest, Chance the Rapper, his brother since they were 13. They get into everything: their mentor Brother Mike and the YOUmedia scene that raised half of Chicago's greats, the making of "Cocoa Butter Kisses" (and the “trip” that fueled it), the falling out neither of them ever fully talked about, and the road back to real brotherhood. Welcome to The Vic Mensa Show Two 14-year-olds at an open mic The first studio session Brother Mike put the battery in our backs A million dollars to Chicago public schools Old photos, weed money and a duct-taped gun How "Cocoa Butter Kisses" got made The falling out Ghana, Nkrumah and the birth of Star Line The season of Job No more old men Vic converts Chance to Islam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Aug 11, 20261 min
The Vic Mensa Show (Official Trailer)
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About The Vic Mensa Show
Vic Mensa has done it all. Music with Justin Bieber, Pharrell and Jay-Z. Roles on Showtime's The Chi and Peacock's Bel-Air. And a fervor for speaking hard truths, even if the world isn't ready. What some saw as a problem turned out to be his purpose. His award-winning Orange Tree Series is now The Vic Mensa Show, a video-first sit-down at the intersection of politics and culture. Stories over statistics. Roast the powerful, never the victim. He is the format. Pull up.
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