10 Things Vince Staples Can't Live Without

This is a belt.

I promise I didn't try to match it.

This was just the first one I picked up.

I would have bought another one

if I realized what I was wearing today.

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What's up GQ!

I'm Vince staples and these are my essentials.

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This is a rosemary and eucalyptus body oil

from the Noir Grooming

by Natasha in Los Angeles, California.

One thing about black people is that we get ashy

and sometimes we get greasy.

So, it's a perfect balance to not be ashy, not be greasy,

and not, Jergens, Johnson & Johnson,

all due respect, but that's that,

we get into much money for Jergens or Johnson & Johnson.

We're not doing that.

Take this, you get two drops.

You rub it in.

You go about your day.

You don't want to look too shiny.

You don't want to look too matte.

It's a perfect balance.

So, make sure you go support.

I don't know the website

but I know she got one.

It's good for you.

Stop using Jergens, it's weird.

[Interviewer] So Vince, could you tell us

about your moisturizing routine?

I'm happy you ask.

It's a big disconnect in all of our communities,

black people moisturize at all times.

When you wake up.

When you go to sleep.

Throughout the day.

I have a tour manager named Danny Wasby, great guy.

Hey, Danny.

Danny told us he doesn't wear lotion.

He never has.

He never will.

It's just a thing he does.

But Danny also puts his jeans in the freezer

on a tour bus next to the Eggos.

Tell me if you trust a man who puts the jeans by the Eggos.

Simple question.

Hey, Danny.

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This is a water by Hiroshi, diffuser fragrance oil.

It's Barney.

You put this in a little diffuser from Muji

or wherever you decide to get your diffusers from

but put this in the water,

let it run throughout the whole house.

And it's like a brand new house.

'cause it might get a little cabin fever based

on not being able to leave because we're in a pandemic.

I liked this a lot.

We got one in every room, different flavors.

You're not getting all the flavors

but you got to make sure we walk

in different parts of the house.

It's a different experience for you and yours.

So, this is the thing about the candles.

My ceilings are too high and I like the windows

to be open sometimes.

With the candle, it's a fire hazard.

Putting smoke in the environment.

I don't know if that's a fire hazard, but I got asthma

so something about smoke just doesn't intrigue me.

But yeah, with these, you get it right away.

You put the water in the environment.

You know what I'm saying?

You add to the humidity.

I got the Vivint Security System

so I can monitor the humidity in each room.

I can almost promise you that this adds to the humidity

is good for your skin.

It's good for everything

so make sure that you use diffuser oils.

Just not the ones I use 'cause I'm gonna get offended

if you steal it from me.

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This is a comme des garcons perfume.

It's old, this little raggedy.

I didn't buy stuff for this.

This aren't that special.

This is the only one I'm willing to give up.

I have several.

I have one for the car.

We have one for, if it's a cold day.

One, if it's a hot day.

These fragrances kind of differ based

on where you're going, how you're living.

Sometimes you might want something like more musky.

If you might be thinking of going to jail that day

or if you think you might have a court date.

Sometimes you need something sweet

if you're going to see your grandma.

It all depends on what you're doing.

This is kind of the balance.

Hmm. Kind of robust, floral, I would say.

Not too musky, but not too musty.

I pair this with like a dove fresh powder scent.

You know what I mean?

We don't do Axe.

We don't do Old Spice.

That's for racist people.

I don't bring this out for the special occasions

but say I'm going to the carwash.

Say, I'm going to like a candle light visual.

This is what I'll throw on.

Comme des garcons perfume dot and make sure you go get it.

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This is a Yankee hat.

I don't wear hats, but I make sure

if I do have to wear a hat, is this hat.

Holds a lot of symbolism for me.

I'm a big fan of Yogi Berra, Derek Jeter, Darryl Strawberry.

I really love the sport.

This is by the Internal Knowledge Chess Club.

I overpaid for this hat

because it was brown and I just saw Queen's gambit.

So, it was a lot of different things that made me love it.

But yeah, I have a Yankee hat in my trunk.

I have one in my front.

I usually have a couple

on the road in case I can't get a haircut.

I would say about two to three Yankee hats

within a reaching distance per day,

just to keep me leveled out and make sure that I'm centered

and I'm remembering the things that are dear to me.

This is an albuterol sulfate.

It's an asthma pump.

I have chronic asthma.

Almost died at Coachella.

Almost died at Red Rocks twice.

Almost died in Spain.

Almost died at PE at Mayfair High School, ninth grade.

Almost died at the racial right, Jordan summer school.

I think that was 08, 09, one of those things,

and this keeps me alive.

I was just watching Your Honor,

and this is the last thing that Adam saw

before his untimely demise.

Sorry for the spoiler.

But it's very, very integral to my life.

I have about 174 puffs left

so hopefully they last until I need another one

because I forget to get these a lot.

I have about three that are lost.

Cory has one.

I think Danny Wasby has one.

Tyler Page has one.

I gotta spread them around in case I'm ever around.

Somebody that almost die.

So, this has saved me a couple of times.

I liked the blue ones.

They had a little bit more, torque.

I just wasted that.

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These are pomades.

Now, if you've ever seen or read the outsiders,

you understand pomade is very integral

to life on the streets.

This is a sleek water light pomade by Frederick Benjamin.

I'm pretty sure.

This is like, if you go into the grocery store really quick.

You don't need anything too thick.

You might be right back home.

Cause this not lasting that long, but it's not that heavy.

It's good for your porch.

This is American crew grooming

Now, this is kind of thicker.

It's almost like a petroleum like gasoline type of thing.

This is what they use before they flick the razor blade.

This is what Fonzie had.

This will last you all day, maybe two days.

But the integral part is the Scotch Porter Hair Balm.

You throw this on the bottom,

really get the waves going.

Really make sure they stay in place.

I got a cowlick and I got a weird hair pattern

and grow like that.

You know like that.

So like, I got to make sure it's laying flat

or I'm gonna look like I'm balding.

And it's a lot of people missing hair these days.

I don't want to be one of them.

So I'll make sure, if you're losing your hair

cut it against the grain, get a one low or just be bald.

Don't embarrass yourself.

Okay. This is a belt.

Belts are very integral to life.

You might need to get up out of there.

You might need to go somewhere.

If you don't have a belt

and I can see your bottom, I will judge you.

It's not attractive.

It don't make you hard.

No one wants to see your ethikas.

We're not doing ethikas.

That doesn't even sound right.

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This is a Japanese peach water by Coca-Cola.

I don't know what it says, but I know this is Japanese.

And I know it's by Coca-Cola.

We went to Kyoto.

It was a whole ordeal and we were walking

through a forest and it was a hundred degrees

and this is the only water they had.

And it's delicious.

So with that being said, this is an essential thing for me

because I almost died and you almost die every day.

So, make sure to drink some water, flavored or not flavored.

Just make sure it's not sparkling.

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Okay. This is a wallet.

I've seen a lot of these.

A lot of people don't have their wallet

or their keys or their phone.

You're lying.

You don't need all that jewelry

or that box of cereal or like those shoes.

You're a liar.

This is important. I have my SAG card.

Shout out to the Screen Actors Guild.

I got a room & board gift card.

I haven't used.

I have a $200 gift card.

I haven't used.

I got this for Christmas.

I got a tile.

Yeah, it works.

I thought it was dead.

I got my driver's license.

I got some insurance cards that are expired

but I have them in my email.

Oh, I have my California Department of Justice

Firearm Safety Certificate.

I'm working on my CCW.

I have the fully expunged records.

So, the sheriff of where I live at, watch this.

I'm a good guy.

[Interviewer] No cash in the wallet though?

Oh no. Cash is for people, not yourself.

I'm not giving anyone anything.

No. It's not my thing.

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This is a KN95 mask due to us being in a panda bear,

you have to make sure that you're safe at all times.

You have the little cute ones

with the designs and the aesthetics and all that stuff.

It's not going to keep you alive.

You're going to die.

So, you have to make sure you have the correct filtration.

And this is what they give the firefighters

and the army men.

So, make sure that you have one of these

when you go to the Whole Foods.

Don't yell in the CVS

about how it's your constitutional right to not have a mask

because then you're a bad person

and we don't tolerate bad people in 2021.

It's a new day.

And that's what this is for.

Thank you for checking out my essentials.

Once again, it's Vince Staples.

See you guys later.