It’s simply one other day being Vince Staples.
The rapper-actor is making his Netflix debut along with his first comedy sequence, The Vince Staples Present, premiering right this moment (Thursday, February 15). The present follows the Lengthy Seaside, California, native via the challenges and surprises of his day-to-day life being kind of wealthy and form of well-known in his hometown. The five-episode sequence is equal components comedy and social commentary on a rapper attempting to do his finest to navigate the dynamics of enterprise, household, and social standing. See what he has to say about it and extra in our video interview, above.
The 30-year-old has made TV appearances on ABC’s Abbott Elementary and voice appearing on Household Man and American Dad. The primary iteration of the present appeared in 2019 on Vevo, YouTube’s music video platform. The quick movies have been used to showcase newly launched songs accompanied by storylines that highlighted Staples’ “particular tone of voice” and his method to “points” prevalent in his neighborhood. Exterior of the comedy, capturing the honesty of his metropolis was essential for the viewers to see in his present.
“It doesn’t matter what my background is, I’ll at all times attempt to guarantee that folks know that I really feel like I grew up in an attractive, good setting that had rather a lot to supply. It’s simply the alternatives that you simply make, as a baby and even as an grownup form of formed the way in which that you simply view these issues,” Staples explains.
Even along with his profitable music profession, it wasn’t straightforward for Staples to get up to now. After “10 years within the making” his present thought has lastly discovered a house. Figuring out he doesn’t have “the warmest disposition” he’s grateful for folks understanding his “intent and supporting his imaginative and prescient” to create this challenge. A significant facet of Netflix‘s willingness to do it was Black-ish, Grown-ish, and Combine-ish creator Kenya Barris attaching himself to it as govt producer. Staples emphasizes that it’s been a studying expertise and having Barris was an important variable to get the “inexperienced mild” for manufacturing however “you’re not even midway there,” inside the means of the present’s creation.
Fortunately, Staples weathered the “good storm” of the twists and turns of his profession to get to this second. His persistence and flexibility have led to his first full-length comedy sequence on one of many largest streaming platforms for previous followers to get pleasure from and new followers to discover.
The Vince Staples Present, Streaming Now, Netflix
