10 Things We Learned About Vince Staples On The Breakfast Club

Sometime last year Vince Staples turned a lot of heads when he said that 90’s Hip-Hop music is overrated. While most viewed his take on the era as blasphemous, at the end of the day the man was just speaking his own personal opinion. That one statement put him on a lot of people’s radars as it peaked their interest as to what exactly this young’n thought made him so special that he could speak ill on Hip-Hop’s golden era.

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Today the Long Beach rapper released his EP Prima Donna (promptly titled some might say based off that 90’s statement). To promote the release the articulate rapper checked in with the Breakfast Club to explain his controversial statement, growing up around gang life, and why he doesn’t indulge in the club and party life most rappers live for.

Here are the 10 things we learned about Vince Staples on the Breakfast Club.

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1. Never Thirsty

Vince Staples doesn’t drink alcohol. That alone should tell you he’s not your average rapper.

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2. Classic Man?

At 23-years-old VS missed out on a lot of Hip-Hop classics, but his manager, Corey, put him on to them to help him with his craft.

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3. Growing Up

His parents didn’t put him on to 90’s rap because they felt the gangsta rappers of that era were fakin’ the funk and they didn’t want him influenced by pretenders. Maybe that’s why he feels that “The 90’s wasn’t the pinnacle of popularity in Hip-Hop music.”

4. I Ain’t Even Chase This Dream

Making it in rap isn’t a dream of his. He views it more as a job.

5. Stutter Step

He shook off his stutter by “talking faster.” No salt needed.

6. No Parties In LA

He doesn’t go to clubs or parties because that doesn’t get him any checks. Talk about keeping it gully.

7. Gang Life

He got jumped into his Crips set. He didn’t just up and claim it out of nowhere.

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8. Power Of Words

He doesn’t really care about his music getting commercial airtime. He’s more worried about the effect his words has on people.

9. Def Jam

He feels Def Jam shouldn’t have signed him when they did because his music was “trash.” Ultimately Def Jam signed him as a favor to his manager to keep Staples out of trouble.

10. Books

The book The Outsiders taught him that everyone’s the same and The Great Gatsby showed him that money isn’t the most important thing in life.