I know you’re thinking, “who is Vince Staples?” Well, he is a Cali rapper (Long Beach and Compton to be exact) that I happen to check for so I was thrilled to catch him at The Pageant last Wednesday. I was sad that the masses didn’t show him the kind of love that they do the mumbling rappers at least three tiers lower in talent. I really like his flow and his music is almost a blend of the Bay Area and the LA rappers. I wondered the whole time, though, why he was performing in the dark wearing all black and with a bulletproof vest on. I was like, “Is he paranoid?” I haven’t been to a show where I couldn’t really see the performers face like that since Bryson Tiller came through. Vince did have a cute little light display, but no spotlight to speak of. Bryson had it looking like the Pageant owed Ameren some money.
