Chance The Rapper
Chance The Rapper
Chancelor Bennett, known professionally as Chance the Rapper or Chance The Rapper, is an American hip hop recording artist from the West Chatham neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. In 2013, he began to gain major recognition following the release of his second mixtape, Acid Rap. Apart from his solo career, he is also a member of the Chicago collective Save Money, alongside frequent collaborator Vic Mensa, and has experimented as the lead vocalist for the band The Social Experiment. In May...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth16 April 1993
CountryUnited States of America
I don't really have control over my direct impression on people anymore. I used to be the person putting my CD in people's hands. But I'm kind of a mainstream artist now. Not by choice.
The weird thing about rap is that you don't get compared in the same way that athletes do, even though it's probably the most competitive sport in music. In basketball, they look at a player and say: 'This guy was the best in his prime at this sport.' But in rap it's not until you're dead or retired that people think about it like that.
People always tell me I'm the complete opposite of Chief Keef and act like I'm supposed to stop him from making his music. But I like Chief Keef, so it's always super awkward. I just make music I like.
I've never met Eminem; you don't meet Eminem. He has his own secret service.
I think it's so dope that I'm here in Chicago and contributing to the music scene that's thriving. People are so happy Chicago's shining that everyone is willing to say 'I represent Chicago.' That wasn't always the case.
The whole point of 'Acid Rap' was just to ask people a question: does the music business side of this dictate what type of project this is? If it's all original music and it's got this much emotion around it and it connects this way with this many people, is it a mixtape? What's an 'album' these days, anyways?
I'm light skinned, and I used to lean on that because that's something a lot of black people pride themselves on, and it's weird.
I made the decision that I was going to make rap music in, like, fourth grade, so it's been something I was saying for a long time.
Fame or perceived success - it all comes from groupthink.
Kanye took me from a kid who listened to music to a kid who lived music.
Sometimes the truth don't rhyme, sometime the lies get millions of views, funerals for little girls is that appealing to you?
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Whats better than followers, is actually falling in love
Sometimes the truth don't rhyme