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Vic Mensa

American Musician

Born: Jun 6, 1993

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My body is what? Like 99 percent water or something. But I drink all of my water out of, like, plastic containers. You know what I mean? What is plastic? My body is not one percent plastic, but the way that I ingest the water that runs through all of my veins is almost strictly out of plastic. There's something wrong with that. Vic Mensa

You Water Strictly Way Out One Percent Runs Percent Something Drink Through Wrong Almost Veins Like Know Mean Body Plastic

The disparity between the haves and have-nots was always blatantly obvious to me, and it's that exact gap that drove me to start writing and pick up a pen. I wanted to explain and understand the world around me because it was easy to see it was corrupted. Vic Mensa

I was raised by a woman and I'm the middle child of two sisters who are young Black women. Vic Mensa

Woman Women Black Young Sisters Child Middle Who Raised Two

I just stand by the things I believe in and if that upsets people, which it often does, then we got a situation on our hands. Everybody is okay and safe. I'm just blessed to be awake. Vic Mensa

People Blessed Situation Believe Everybody Our Okay Safe Does Got Hands Often Just Upsets Which Then Stand Awake Things

There's always somebody telling you what you're not supposed to like. But that's not the way I grew up. Vic Mensa

You Somebody Way Telling Like Supposed Always Up Grew

As an artist, I try not to sound the same as others. Or even as myself. Vic Mensa

Myself Try Others Sound Same Artist Even

I've been harassed by police my whole life and seen people who looked like me treated like animals at the hands of law enforcement. Vic Mensa

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I really make music from the heart. Vic Mensa

Music Heart Make Really

Anybody who's dealt with addiction and depression knows that sometimes they can make you forget who you are and kind of bring out a different person, somebody you don't know as well. Vic Mensa

Depression You Sometimes Somebody Addiction Out Kind Know Well Make Knows Dealt Person Forget Anybody Different Different Person Who Bring

That's one thing I can't lose: I can't lose the realness in my music. Vic Mensa

Music Lose One Thing Realness Thing

I always try to take performances as an opportunity to implant my spirit into the hearts and minds of anyone in a hundred-yard vicinity. Vic Mensa

Opportunity Try Minds Spirit Take Performance Always Hearts Anyone Vicinity

Coming from Chicago, Lollapalooza is the one weekend of the summer when actual Chicagoans are kept out. Vic Mensa

Summer Out Weekend Coming Chicago Actual Kept

I mean, Common was and is like my favorite rapper. Vic Mensa

Rapper Favorite Like Common Mean

Because many people deny the Palestinian struggle. They deny them everything. They deny them humanity, they deny them the right to be on the land they were born in. They deny them the right to return to the homes that were stolen from them, to build Israel. Vic Mensa

Struggle Humanity People Build Everything Born Return Because Israel Were Deny Stolen Them Land Many Homes Palestinian Right

I can remember being a young kid, twelve, thirteen years old just with my headphones on, on the train, listening to rappers paint these vivid pictures. Listening to Mobb Deep and feeling like I was in Queensbridge even though I'm on the Southside of Chicago. Vic Mensa

Remember Listening Old Feeling Young Kid Though Rappers Vivid Headphones Pictures Like Years Chicago Train Just Being Young Kid Paint Deep Twelve Even Thirteen

Prince is one of my biggest idols of all time, and he's the real King of Pop. Vic Mensa

Time King All-Time He Prince Real Idols Biggest Pop

I had white family members, black family members, white friends, black friends by the time I was 16. Vic Mensa

Time Family Black White Members Black Family Had Friends Family Members By The Time

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