{"id":269977,"date":"2015-04-21T15:49:05","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T19:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesource.com\/?p=269977"},"modified":"2015-04-21T16:13:32","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T20:13:32","slug":"vic-mensa-has-signed-to-roc-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesource.com\/2015\/04\/21\/vic-mensa-has-signed-to-roc-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Vic Mensa Has Signed To Roc Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Save Money rep inks a deal with the house that Hov built<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vic Mensa<\/strong> has officially signed with Roc Nation.<\/p>\n<p>The news was confirmed via a tweet from <strong>Jay Z<\/strong>&#8216;s Twitter account, which simply read &#8220;Roc Nation Records x @VicMensa,&#8221; and included an iTunes link to Vic&#8217;s new single, &#8220;U Mad,&#8221; which features fellow Roc Nation artist <strong>Kanye West<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Vic&#8217;s ascent to stardom has been steady, but relatively quick. After a lengthy stint as the frontman for &#8220;trap rock&#8221; band <strong>Kids These Days<\/strong>, which almost resulted in a record deal, Mensa went solo, and released his first&#8211;and only&#8211;solo project, <em>INNANETTAPE<\/em>, in September of 2013. Since then, he&#8217;s collaborated with <strong>Kaytranada<\/strong>, his close friend <strong>Chance The Rapper<\/strong>, and dropped an internationally successful single, &#8220;Down On My Luck,&#8221; but most notably, has joined forces with Kanye West for two collaborations, and appeared on several huge stages alongside the G.O.O.D. Music headmaster.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, he was featured in <em>The Source<\/em>&#8216;s October 2013 issue as Unsigned Hype. 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