Vic Mensa can’t live without the Voice Memos app

<figure> <img alt="Vic Mensa in an orange room wearing a white T-shirt that reads “The Matrix was a documentary.”" data-caption="No lies detected. | Photo: Onda" data-portal-copyright="Photo: Onda" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/DSCF4167.jpeg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> No lies detected. | Photo: Onda </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Vic Mensa is one of those people who has done so many things that it's hard to remember where you were first introduced to him. Was it his debut mixtape <a href="https://innanetape.com/"><em>Innanetape</em></a>, which finally hit the major streaming services for the first time in September? Or maybe his house-influenced single "<a href="https://youtu.be/5jUGAVUwhRU">Down On My Luck</a>"? Maybe you didn't even realize that Mensa was a rapper. Maybe you know him from his roles on <em>The Chi</em> or <em>Bel-Air</em>. Or perhaps you're mostly aware of him through his activism, social media presence (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdSJO2lSwaj/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;rpxt=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==&amp;srtk=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==">peeling oranges</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZ2lkXkTAS9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;cplk=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==&amp;srtk=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==">waxing poetic</a>), or his podcast <a href="https://thevicmensashow.com/"><em>The Vic Mensa Show</em></a>.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Point is, the man wears many hats. Part of the secret to being so prolific, it tu …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1023477/vic-mensa-voice-memos-app-interview">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>