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ALBUMN***a Dreams - SingleSteelo & VIC MENSA
Albums by VIC MENSA
ALBUMVictorVIC MENSA
ALBUMI TAPEVIC MENSA
ALBUMV TAPEVIC MENSA
ALBUM93Punx93PUNX & VIC MENSA
ALBUMHOOLIGANSVIC MENSA
ALBUMThe Autobiography (Deluxe)VIC MENSA
ALBUMThere's Alot Going OnVIC MENSA
VIC MENSA's Popular Music Videos
Wraith (feat. Smoko Ono & VIC MENSA)
Chance the Rapper
$WISH (feat. G-Eazy & Chance the Rapper)
VIC MENSA
SHELTER (feat. Wyclef Jean & Chance the Rapper)
VIC MENSA
Reverse (feat. G-Eazy)
VIC MENSA
SHIBUYA (GHOST II) [feat. Jaden, Vic Mensa & Belly]
Christian Rich
SHELTER (feat. Chance the Rapper) [Acoustic]
VIC MENSA
Yacht (feat. VIC MENSA)
Jay Park
Eastside Girl (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)
VIC MENSA
Made an America (feat. Vic Mensa & Travis Barker) [Remix]
FEVER 333
STRAWBERRY LOUIS VUITTON (feat. Thundercat & Maeta)
VIC MENSA
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VIC MENSA Essentials
VIC MENSA does his native Chicago proud. The son of a Ghanaian father and an American mother, Mensa, who grew up in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, has advocated for his city since he began rapping in the mid-2010s. Early co-signs from Kanye West made MENSA an instant sensation in his hometown and across the U.S., which made for many eager listeners when he dropped his first EP for Def Jam, 2016’s <i>There's Alot Going On</i>. That project blended meditations on race and police brutality, topics he continued exploring on his 2017 full-length debut, <i>The Autobiography</i>. After a string of well-regarded releases, he shared <i>Victor</i> in 2023, which found him exploring his own internalized racism and newfound sobriety.
Artist Biography
Drawing from an eclectic mix of influences that includes ’90s hip-hop and rock, rapper Vic Mensa makes impactful music that's both introspective and politically charged.
• Mensa got his start with the hip-hop group Kids These Days, who released one album before breaking up in 2013.
• He also founded the hip-hop collective SAVEMONEY, which includes his friend Chance the Rapper. In 2013, Mensa guested on Chance’s breakthrough Acid Rap mixtape and issued his own solo project, INNANETAPE.
• In 2015, Mensa earned major buzz by appearing on the Kanye West single “Wolves.” That same year, he signed with Roc Nation and nabbed a Grammy nomination for cowriting Kanye’s song “All Day.”
• Mensa’s 2017 debut solo album, The Autobiography, is filled with the rapper’s personal reflections on issues like police brutality, violence, and drug use. Guests range from Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo to rapper Pusha T.
• Mensa also fronts the rap-rock side project 93Punx. Their 2019 self-titled debut album features Good Charlotte and Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello.
Hometown
Chicago, IL, United States
Genre
Hip-Hop/Rap