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Rise 'N Shine
Two collabs with Kanye West and a new Roc Nation deal have Vic Mensa on the fast track to success.
Words Dan Rys
Image Brock Fetch
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Summer 2015 issue of XXL Magazine featuring our 2015 XXL Freshman Class. Chec...
Lil Wayne's manager Cortez Bryant says that the rumors about Weezy signing to Jay Z's Roc Nation are untrue.
"The Internet and blogs took his words out of context," said Bryant while speaking with Billboard. "When Wayne was speaking about the partnership with Jay Z, he was speaking about his new deal as an artist owner with Tidal...
Lil Wayne has the Internet going nuts with the recent announcement that he has signed a deal with Jay Z. But what does it really mean? Indications point to either a label deal with Hov's Roc Nation or some sort of a new partnership with Tidal...
Last year, Vic Mensa was riding high off the success of his Innanetape project and his spot on the 2014 XXL Freshman cover. What a difference a year makes. While he works on his followup project, his upcoming album Traffic due out this summer, Vic has been dropping a series of excellent singles and touring around the world. But in Februa...
Vic Mensa shook up the game yesterday (April 22) when he officially signed to Roc Nation. Before the ink even dried, Vic was up at LA's Power 106 and gave the scoop on the deal to Justin Credible and the LA Leakers."I've been the hugest Jay Z fan my whole life and even past just being a fan, I have a lot of faith and belief in how they do things at Roc Nation," said the Chicago MC
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Though on Tidal subscribers are privy to the full video of the young Chicago rapper's contract signing, the word is out for the public at large: Vic Mensa has signed to Roc Nation. Vic first made a national name for himself after his friend and collaborator Chance the Rapper dropped Acid Rap in 2013 and landing on the 2014 XXL Freshmen cover; since then, he has expanded his palate beyond hip-hop.