Vince Staples has chimed in on the news that Netflix is merging with Warner Bros. Discovery.
On Friday (December 5), Netflix announced its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns HBO and HBO Max. While bringing together two media enterprises, the acquisition also assures further opportunities for creative talent while preserving legendary movies and shows.
"Our mission has always been to entertain the world,” Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, said of the merger. "By combining Warner Bros.' incredible library of shows and movies — from timeless classics like Casablanca and Citizen Kane to modern favorites like Harry Potter and Friends — with our culture-defining titles like Stranger Things, KPop Demon Hunters and Squid Game, we'll be able to do that even better. Together, we can give audiences more of what they love and help define the next century of storytelling."
For Staple, he intends to go wherever Netflix goes, After the merger was announced, he took to X and jokingly posted: "The Vince Staples Show is now an HBO original."
The show's second season premiered last month, which Staples discussed in an episode of Please Explain with Complex editor-in-chief Aria Hughes. The rapper and actor also shared the formula of how his show was renewed on Netflix, noting "connectivity with the Black audience."
"I think it's an untapped market for a lot of newer shows, especially skew [towards] younger demographics, especially on their network. So I think we kind of filled that void a little bit," he told Hughes.
Staples added that while Netflix instilled "trust" in the project for it to continue, the show wasn't allotted a larger budget. "Just 'cause the state of the business, like, everything is kind of more IP-driven and stuff like that. So we didn't really expect much more," he said.