Netflix has announced it has commissioned The Vince Staples Show, a fictional comedy series loosely inspired Vince Staples and his life story.
Staples is joined by producers Kenya Barris, best known for creating Black-ish, Corey Smyth and Calmatic. Showrunners for the series are Ian Edelman and Maurice Williams, who worked alongside Barris on Kid Cudi's upcoming animated show Entergalactic.
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In recent years he has appeared in small roles in both Insecure and the upcoming White Men Can't Jump reboot. A short version of The Vince Staples Show debuted in 2019.
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