Vince Staples (Blacksmith/ARTium/Def Jam)

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Vince Staples (Blacksmith/ARTium/Def Jam)

3/13/15

WHAT IT IS: Long Beach rapper debuted his seven-song EP, Hell Can Wait, late last year. Its release followed his three-week, 13-city Paisley Summer Tour. Vince has contributed tracks to dozens of today’s hottest artists. With Hell Can Wait, he turned the microscope on himself and his family, with remarkable results. “Ain’t nothing realer than the truth,” he explains. “Ain’t nothing better than the truth, like I really did all that, I really seen all that. I really been around that my whole life.”

ALBUM: TBA

RELEASE DATE: Summer 2015

SINGLE: “Screen Door”

TV: BET Awards Experience Stage

LIVE: N.A. dates through July with stops in major markets like L.A., N.Y., Vegas and Chicago

INTERNET: 105k+ Twitter followers, 2.7m+ combined YouTube views. Facebook, Instagram.

RADIO: At Mixshow now

PRESS: Features from XXL, Fader, Complex, Flaunt, LA Weekly, Brooklyn Vegan, Pitchfork, Stereogum, Vibe

BOOKING: Caroline Yim/ICM

PUBLISHING: Never Go Broke Publishing

MANAGEMENT: Corey Smyth/Blacksmith Mgmt.