VIC MENSA RELEASES VICTOR, HIS LONG AWAITED SOPHOMORE ALBUM WHICH INCLUDES FEATURES FROM THUNDERCAT, OMARI HARDWICK, CHANCE THE RAPPER, COMMON, TY DOLLA $IGN, ANT CLEMONS, JAY ELECTRONICA, G-EAZY, AND MORE

VICTOR cover artwork by Terron Cooper Sorrells

Multi-platinum selling, GRAMMY-nominated rapper/producer Vic Mensa has just released his long-awaited sophomore album VICTOR via Roc Nation. Executive produced by BongoByTheWay and largely self-produced in sessions stretching from Chicago to Los Angeles to Ghana and beyond, the album is the product of a two year period of inward reflection and newfound sobriety for the accomplished MC. “This album is a story of redemption; trial and triumph, pain & glory,” states Mensa. “It was forged from the rubble of a bad crash, literally and metaphorically, and follows my journey into spirituality, a return to Chicago, a return to Ghana and a rediscovery of myself.” The album’s themes are brought further to focus by the cover artwork, a life-sized painting by Terron Cooper Sorrells (@ronronart), which reimagines Mensa as Osiris, the Egyptian God of the Dead who was torn apart and stitched by together by his wife Isis, a parallel to Mensa’s own quest for redemption where he has taken stock of his role in the setbacks and trials he’s faced while working inwardly and outwardly to try to affect positive change through social work, sobriety, and delving into his cultural roots traveling to and working in Ghana.