Vic Mensa & Chance the Rapper Talk Falling-Out in Emotional Sit-Down: ‘That Really Hurt Me’

Vic Mensa and Chance the Rapper go way back. The two Chicago MCs came up in the rap scene of their hometown as young teenagers and eventually formed the SAVEMONEY rap collective of like-minded local artists. However, the two had a falling-out as both rose to success during the 2010s.

The two sat down for the premiere episode of The Vic Mensa Show and hashed things out after years of avoiding their personal grievances with each other, which led to a tearful and heartfelt conversation between old friends. Mensa explained his own personal animosity came from being jealous of Chance’s success around the time he dropped his critically acclaimed mixtapes Acid Rap and Coloring Book.

“The intense rivalry of our creative process and then like seeing you in so much success, it grew jealousy in me, you what I’m saying?” he admitted before apologizing.

Chance accepted his apology and stated that he wouldn’t be sitting there if he hadn’t already forgiven him before then apologizing for something himself. “Let me say sorry because there was something that was on my mind while you was just talking that I’ve always wanted to apologize for,” he told Vic. “And I think we talked about it before, but if we didn’t, I still need to apologize.

“One thing that I did that I always felt bad about was — this is around Acid Rap — I don’t even know if the tour ended up happening,” he continued. “But I remember Cara was trying to book me a tour, and she was like, ‘You should have Vic open.’ And I was like, ‘No.’ And I said at the time that I didn’t want to do it ’cause I was like, ‘Vic’s not opening for me. We at the same level. He doesn’t need to be opening.’ But in reality, I was just like, ‘I don’t want to have to split this. I don’t wanna have to share this stage at this point.’ And that was definitely bogus.”

Vin accepted his apology and held back tears as he thought back to how much he needed the money he would’ve gotten from the tour during that particular period of his life and admitted that he was going through couch cushions and his sister’s piggybank looking for some money. “I knew I had motion and I was right there,” a tearful Mensa said. “But that really hurt me, you know, ’cause I was like, ‘Damn, I actually really I need this.’”

You can watch the full conversation between Vic and Chance below.