Abdul El-Sayed and Vic Mensa video
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The gist
Rapper Vic Mensa released Episode 9 of The Vic Mensa Show featuring Abdul El-Sayed on Oct 21, 2026.
The episode ties the doctor and Senate candidate's message to the midterms.
Background
Vic Mensa is the host of The Vic Mensa Show, a podcast-style show with nine episodes that releases new episodes every Wednesday; his YouTube channel has 380K subscribers. Abdul El-Sayed, per his X bio, is a public servant running for U.S. Senate, Michigan born and raised, and a doctor. The episode, titled "When Money Talks, The People Pay," is an interview with El-Sayed, and Mensa's posts tie it to the midterms and to a debate between El-Sayed and Mike Rogers.
How it unfolded
- Oct 21, 2026Vic Mensa posts on X that The Vic Mensa Show featuring Abdul El-Sayed "is out now" and links the YouTube episode.
- Oct 21, 2026The YouTube episode "Abdul El-Sayed: When Money Talks, The People Pay | The Vic Mensa Show Episode 9" is dated Oct 21, 2026, with 18,610 views and 1,555 likes.
- Oct 21, 2026A TikTok video from Vic Mensa titled "@Abdul El-Sayed is strong af premiering now!!" records 2,619 likes and 41 comments.
- Oct 21, 2026BlazinStreetz lists the episode under October 21, 2026 Entertainment.
Who’s saying what
- Official
- Vic Mensa promoted the episode by asking "what would we build if we treated all our kids like family?" and urged viewers to watch El-Sayed debate Mike Rogers that night.