Vic Mensa shares a new song “What You Taught Us”.
A few days ago, the iconic Louis Vuitton and Off-White Fashion Designer Virgil Abloh passed away at the age of 41. The art director had been battling a rare Cancer, cardiac angiosarcoma for some years. While celebrities from various field pays tributes to the late designer through social media, Vic Mensa decided to honour him with a new song. Vic Mensa dropped a new track called “What You Taught Us”, where he reflects on the passing of Virgil Abloh.
“Sittin’ in front of this blank canvas
My words are brushes to paint my colors
I’m feelin’ kinda blue like Miles Davis LP
‘Cause a legend that I knew but I’d never known was unhealthy
Left to heaven much too soon most I could do was post a selfie,” he raps.
Mensa reflected on his memories as a teenager in Chicago sneaking into Virgil-soundtracked parties in a statement released Tuesday. “Virgil Abloh is synonymous with visionary,” Vic said of the impact of the Louis Vuitton men’s artistic director. “To see him go from DJing Superfun parties in Chicago that Hollywood Holt would sneak me in when I was 16 to revolutionizing the way we think about design and its applications is a true inspiration to a generation that was blessed to be raised under his tutelage. Legends never die.”
Listen to the song below.
