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Vic Mensa Slept On Chicago Streets In Support Of Homeless In The City
Vic Mensa lent his time to the efforts of fellow Chicago native Englewood Barbie and slept on the streets in support of the city's homeless. The post Vic Mensa Slept On Chicago Streets In Support Of Homeless In The City appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
Vic Mensa Opens Up About Ghana, DJ Akademiks Beef & More
Vic Mensa sat down for a recent profile in which he opened up about sobriety, his experiences in tapping into his Ghanaian roots and why he publicly called out DJ Akademiks. The post Vic Mensa Opens Up About Ghana, DJ Akademiks Beef & More appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
Vic Mensa Part Of Major Effort To Bring Drinking Water To Ghana
HipHopWired Featured Video Vic Mensa is not new to using his platform to help the less fortunate and does so once again for natives of his father’s homeland. The Chicago rapper is heading a major effort to bring drinking water to his ancestral village in Ghana by way of his nonprofit. Vic Mensa, 29, shared in a statement from a story published by Billboard that his nonprofit, Let Them Drink Water, will bring clean drinking water to his family’s village and other surrounding areas. “We’re building 3 Boreholes in different communities in Ghana to provide clean drinking water; the first being the Asokore Zongo in Koforidua where my family lives, which is already built. The other locations are a nearby community called Efiduase and then our ancestral village in the Volta Region Amedzope,” Mens...
Vic Mensa is Bringing Clean Water to Over 200,000 Ghanaians
Vic Mensa (and his dad) are bringing clear water to their homeland. Born Victor Kwesi Mensah, the Chicago-made rapper and creative remembers his roots, capitalizing on his success and resources to bring a better quality of life for his fellow Ghanaians through access to clean water. Mensa visited his ancestral village alongside his father who was born in Ghana and heads a non-profit called Let Them Drink Water, and bore witness to the community’s severe water contamination issue. The pair decided to develop a solution, by building a new Borehole — a manual pump which provide clean water, but are unfortunately rare across Africa. After one successful borehole that brought access to water for hundreds of thousands, Mensa decided to build two more in nearby villages. “We’re building 3 Borehol...
Chance the Rapper And Vic Mensa Announce Free Black Star Line Festival In Ghana
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rune Hellestad – Corbis / Getty Chance the Rapper and Vic Mensa are continuing to push the culture further. They have announced the launch of the Black Star Line Festival in Ghana. As spotted on Hype Beast, the two MC’s are curating the first ever music outing in Accra, Ghana’s historic Black Star Square. The Black Star Line Festival is billed as a celebration of Pan-Africanism, that will “build bridges between Black people and artists of The Diaspora with The Continent”. Historic Black Star Square is a monument to the political freedom that was fought for and won by Ghanaians in 1957. Ghana was the first Sub-Saharan African country to free itself from colonialism, under the leadership of its first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah –– many nations o...
Christian Rich ft Michael Brun, Simi, Mystro, Vic Mensa & Crayon – Verde
Music duo Kehinde & Taiwo popularly known as Christian Rich comes through with a new single titled “Verde”. Christian Rich features talented singers that include Michael Brun, Simi, Mystro, Vic Mensa, and Crayon on their second song release for the year titled “Verde”. This comes in shortly after their previously released single titled “Work” which also had many guest appearances. However, the song “Verde” is an impressive tune for your listening pleasure. Listen and share Christian Rich ft Michael Brun, Simi, Mystro, Vic Mensa & Crayon – “Verde” below. https://www.naijamusic.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Christian_Rich_-_Verde_ft_Michael_Brun_Simi_Mystro_Vic_Mensa_Crayon__NaijaMusic.com.ng.mp3 Download
Gas Me Up: Vic Mensa Gives Out $10K Gas & 93 Boyz “Gas” In Chicago
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jason Mendez / Getty Vic Mensa has always presented himself as a man of the people, and he made good on that distinction over the weekend. While posted up in his hometown of Chicago, Vic handed out gas to 200 cars and also threw in a little, ahem, “gas” from his new cannabis brand. TMZ reports that Vic Mensa, 29, visited a gas station in the Southside neighborhood where he grew up and handed out around $10,000 in gas, and then threw in some greenery from his new 93 Boyz brand, the first Black-owned cannabis brand in the state. As reported by the outlet, one woman rolled up to the station with just five bucks hoping to make it stretch to get her granddaughter to work. The timing of Mensa’s giveaway was impeccable. Mensa also handed out pre-rolled joints fo...
Chance The Rapper & Vic Mensa Announce Black Star Line Festival
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Erika Goldring / Getty The Black Star Line Festival was announced recently by Chance The Rapper and Vic Mensa while in Ghana, and the aim is to make the event happen near the near of 2023. The Chicago rappers recently visited the African nation for an educational endeavor and decided that it was time for them to put on a show for the Ghanaians and others that embraced them. The Black Star Line Festival will take place at Black Star Square in the capital city of Accra on January 6, 2023. Via a statement, Chance explained why the Black Star Line Festival was important for him to get into motion. “When Vic and I started our careers and started touring, we did shows all over the U.S. Eventually we started touring in Europe, we did shows in Asia, South America...
Chance The Rapper Bringing Music Festival to Ghana in Early 2023
Chance The Rapper and Vic Mensa are the leading the charge on the Black Star Line festival, a major music gathering to be held in Black Star Square in Accra, Ghana, on Jan. 6, 2023. The Chicago-based artists made the announcement over the weekend in front of Ghanian fashion collective Free the Youth’s flagship store. “When Vic and I started our careers and started touring, we did shows all over the U.S.,” Chance said. “Eventually we started touring in Europe [and] we did shows in Asia, South America, Central America, but we never had a chance to play our music for the people who support us the most. When we came here and touched down and felt the love that we received and the fans that we got to connect with, the understanding for the need for the connection became apparent to us. We need ...
King Promise ft Chance The Rapper & Vic Mensa – Run To You
Don’t miss this brand new single from King Promise titled “Run To You”. Ghanaian singer King Promise drops a brand new track he calls “Run To You” with features from Chance The Rapper and Vic Mensa. The new tune is off his latest body of work tagged “5 Star” which holds a 15-tracks record. Moreover, this is an impressive music collaboration that you should be added to your playlist. Listen and share King Promise ft Chance The Rapper & Vic Mensa – “Run To You” below. Download coming soon.
Smallgod ft Black Sherif, Vic Mensa, Ivorian Doll & Kwaku DMC – Holy F4k
Check out this brand new single from Smallgod titled – “Holy F4k”. Ghanaian singer Smallgod comes through with a brand new song titled “Holy F4k” featuring Black Sherif, Vic Mensa, etc. The new record “Holy F4K” is a fantastic timely piece of music for your listening pleasure and is dedicated to his fans & supporters. It is a taken from his just-released album “Connecting The Dots” However, it deserves a spot on your playlist. Listen and share Smallgod ft Black Sherif, Vic Mensa, Ivorian Doll & Kwaku DMC – Holy F4k below. https://www.naijamusic.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Smallgod_-_Holy_F4k_ft_Black_Sherif_Vic_Mensa_Ivorian_Doll_Kwaku_DMC__NaijaMusic.com.ng.mp3 Download
Big Gigantic Announce New Album With Features From Aloe Blacc, GRiZ, More
Boulder, Colorado-based dance music duo Big Gigantic have announced their eighth studio album, Brighter Future 2, as well as a summer tour. The announcement is paired with the release of “Keep It Rising,” a collaboration with Grammy-nominated musician Aloe Blacc, who is perhaps best known in electronic dance music circles for his timeless vocals in Avicii’s “Wake Me Up.” This is the first time in more than a decade that the beloved electronic-funk duo and Aloe Blacc have released music together. The last time was Big Gigantic’s remix of Blacc’s “I Need a Dollar.” “Our ‘I Need A Dollar’ remix really kicked off our career,” said Big Gigantic’s Dominic Lalli in a press release shared with EDM.com. “So it...
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