This year, 14 TV shows have already been canceled across numerous networks and streaming platforms.
16.02.2024 - 19:57 / thefader.com
As a rapper Vince Staples chronicles memories of life in Long Beach with the kind of granite-like coldness only possessed by those who have experienced true darkness. "No matter what we grow into, we never gon' escape our past," he stated matter-of-factly on "Like It Is," a song from his 2015 album Summertime '06.
His humor can be equally vivid: “Waiter still ain't brought the chopsticks, should have brought the chopper” he ironically muses on the same album’s “Lift Me Up.” It’s this comedic sensibility that has garnered Staples just as much if not more attention than his rapping; he is an often hilarious and unique presence online and on camera, whether he’s recalling childhood memories or derailing a Coachella interview by calling out R. Kelly.
He has joked that he would need “Joe Rogan money” to start a podcast and audio-only would seem a waste — he has always seemed destined to transfer his position as rap’s premier wit to the screen. The Vince Staples Show builds on the 2019 web series of the same name, fleshing out the one-scene sketches into a fuller, more well-rounded sitcom.
It takes the sardonic delivery of Staples’ raps and the humor he employs, both in and out of the studio, and transfers them to the screen. It’s part Curb Your Enthusiasm semi-autobiographical comedy, part hallucinatory deep dive into the paranoid mindset of its creator, and tonally unique.
In a TV landscape where rap narratives have been covered with mixed results, The Vince Staples Show admirably treads its own path. Not a self-flagellating come-up diary like Dave or a formally ambitious exploration of its outskirts like Atlanta, Staples seems less interested in the rap world than a bigger sense of what it means to leave one world behind
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Vince Staples has announced a trio of UK shows for his ‘Black In Europa’ summer 2024 tour – check out the details below.The North Long Beach rapper will perform at London’s Roundhouse on June 11, followed by Manchester’s O2 Ritz (12) and Birmingham’s O2 (13).The gigs will follow Germany shows at Live Music Hall in Cologne on June 4 and Huxley’s Neue Welt in Berlin on June 5.Tickets for the UK shows go on general sale Friday (March 1) at 10am GMT. Alternatively, fans can access pre-sales on Wednesday (February 28) and Thursday (February 29).
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William Earl administrator Rapper Vince Staples plays a semi-fictionalized version of himself in “The Vince Staples Show,” debuting today on Netflix. The comedy, which skewers celebrity culture and depicts Staples’ surreal adventures, comes after roles in the films “Dope” and “White Boys Can’t Jump” and series like “Insecure” and “Abbott Elementary.” Your character’s relationship with money is an important theme of the show. Why did you want to explore that? It’s a big part of what we deem to be celebrity, and it’s extremely subjective.
Aramide Tinubu Who is Vince Staples? Netflix viewers who might not know the rapper/singer can dive inside his psyche with his new limited satirical series, “The Vince Staples Show.” Using the same surrealist approach as the critically acclaimed “Atlanta” and “Reservation Dogs,” the Long Beach-set series is presented in five delirium-filled vignettes as Vince (the character) navigates his daily life. Viewers watch him trying to get a small business loan, taking his girlfriend Deja’s (Andrea Ellsworth) little brother and friends to a theme park and speaking to a class of middle school students at his alma mater. While the show, which Kenya Barris produces, has some truly laugh-out-loud moments, an uneven cadence and aimlessness throughout make for a frustrating watch overall.
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The Vince Staples Show is premiering this month!