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Vic Mensa is one of those people who has done so many things that it\u2019s hard to remember where you were first introduced to him. Was it his debut mixtape Innanetape<\/em><\/a>, which finally hit the major streaming services for the first time in September? Or maybe his house-influenced single \u201cDown On My Luck<\/a>\u201d? Maybe you didn\u2019t even realize that Mensa was a rapper. Maybe you know him from his roles on The Chi<\/em> or Bel-Air<\/em>. Or perhaps you\u2019re mostly aware of him through his activism, social media presence (peeling oranges<\/a> and waxing poetic<\/a>), or his podcast The Vic Mensa Show<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Point is, the man wears many hats. Part of the secret to being so prolific, it turns out, is Voice Memos. Just capture those ideas before they disappear.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n What is your most indispensable tool?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Voice Memos. Everything starts there for me. Songs, essay ideas, orange tree thoughts, voice notes to myself at some wild hour, little things my son says that I do not want to lose. My phone is a million distractions in one rectangle, but Voice Memos is one of the few parts of it that still feels honest. Just press record before the thought disappears.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Which social media platform do you use the most?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Instagram, for better or worse. That\u2019s definitely where my voice has really found its legs. I started out peeling an orange and talking through whatever was on my mind, and it turned into this whole conversation with people about politics, history, music, grief, jokes, fatherhood, all of it. That response helped show me there was room for The Vic Mensa Show<\/em> too. Instagram can be a circus, obviously, but it\u2019s also a very valuable tool for connection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n