Snoh Aalegra is officially joining the Roc Nation family after the most successful year in her music career. The deal she has signed is an official joint label venture between Roc Nation and ARTium Recordings, a company that she has been signed to for the past five years and was developed by legendary producer, No I.D. ARTium Recordings currently has one of the most esteemed rosters is all of music with acts like Common, Cocaine 80s, Jhene Aiko, Vince Staples, and more. Now, with Snoh Aalegra teaming up with Jay Z's Roc Nation imprint, she's preparing to take her already majorly successful career to the next level in the coming years.  

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At the tender age of just nine-years-old Aalegra, born Shahrzad Fooladi, began writing her own music. At 13, the Persian songstress signed her very first artist development deal with Sony Music Sweden in 2001. Now, after years of hard work and dedication the "Situationship" singer has released two studio albums in the past three years with her most successful being her sophomore musical offering, Ugh, Those Feels Again (2019). The 32-year-old's sonically soothing vibrations allowed her to peak at the 39th slot on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and 76 on the Billboard Hot 200 Albums chart. 

Ramona Park representative and Motown Records signee, Vince Staples has become one of the most beloved personalities within the hip-hop community. The 26-year-old’s thoughts and concepts about society and the world, in general, have allowed him to become a standout figure in the culture while his music has become a must-listen fixture for hip-hop enthusiasts everywhere. Now, in partnership with the Los Angeles-based, vegan burger restaurant, Monty‘s Good Burger, Vince Staples is promoting the “Meat Is Murder” milkshake in support of the Monty & Friends Adoption Fund.  

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The “Meat Is Murder” milkshake is a dairy-free, soy-based beverage consisting of black cherry and charcoal ingredients that is not only healthy but delicious. Part of the proceeds for the milkshake will be donated towards animal adoption in Los Angeles. During a short promo video for the plant-based burger joint’s new drink, Vince Staples can be seen holding his canine friend, Monty, the rescue dog, as he states:

“Hey, Vince Staples and Monty here are here to let you know that every dead burger is a dead pet and every dead pet is a dead homie.” The Long Beach-bred musician continues, “Come down to Monty’s Good Burger to get the ‘Meat Is Murder’ shake produced by Vince Staples and Monty. A dollar goes to a charity that I forgot so it will be on the description of this video on the internet. Come on down.”

Vince Staples is currently in the process of monopolizing his person and is successfully do so with the success of his recently released series, The Vince Staples Show. For those of you on the west coast, specifically in the Los Angeles area, you can support animal adoption and the Monty & Friends Adoption Fund with the purchase of the “Meat Is Murder” milkshake at one of the three Monty’s Good Burger locations in Echo Park, Koreatown, and Riverside. This particular shake will only be available through the end of February. 

Check out Vince Staples “Meat Is Murder” milkshake promo in the video provided below. 

Vince Staples is a renaissance man. Everyone knew that it was only a matter of time before his witty humor led him to pursue creative endeavors outside of music. We got our first taste of what Staples’ non-musical projects might look like when he released the first episode for his web series, The Vince Staples Show, in August. A second episode followed, subscribing to the same format as the first: bizarre concepts explored in under ten minutes and accompanied by an original song from Staples. 

The episodes appeared on the Long Beach rapper’s new website: thevincestaplesshow.com. If you visit the website now, you will see that it has been updated from its initial layout. It is now a full-blown Vince-centric streaming service. Staples shared a trailer today to advertise The Vince Staples Show Plus, which is likely a riff on Disney’s recently-launched service. 

The Vince Staples Show Plus collects much of the official content you could find about the artist online into a single place, plus it will feature additional exclusive content. There is a section dedicated to The Vince Staples Show, where the series’ episodes, soundtrack and behind-the-scenes footage is stored. Aside from that, the website directs you to Staples’ interviews, concert footage, music videos and discography.