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Chance the Rapper was born Chancellor Johnathan Bennett on April 16,1993 in Chicago, Illinois. He is a hip hop artist that sings, raps, writes, and produces. Chancellor is best known for his unique voice, gospel sounds, melodic flows, and being one of the most successful independent artist of all time.
Chancellor has one brother named Taylor Bennett who is also a rapper and his father Ken Williams Bennett is the acting deputy chief for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Chancellor is a Christian and frequently incorporates his faith within his music. Also, Chancellor is a social activist at the forefront of the #SaveChicago movement. #SaveChicago is a campaign focused on ending gun violence and police brutality within the city of Chicago. In addition, Chancellor got a chance to visit the White House and speak to now former president Barrack Obama about issues concerning young men of color. In 2015, Chancellor and his girlfriend at the time Kirsten, gave birth to the first child, a girl named Kinsley. That same year, Chancellor was placed at number 7 on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
Chancellor first fell in love with soul and jazz music at an early age, and wanted to be a singer when he was growing up. While a freshman at Jones College Prep High School, Chancellor and one of his friends came together to create a rap duo called "Instrumentality". Despite teachers and even his own father being against him entering the music industry, Chancellor continued to pursue his dream of being a musician. After hearing the debut album of fellow Chicago rapper Kanye West, Chancellor's love for hip hop culture grew larger and inspired him to release his first project.
On April 3, 2012, Chancellor released his debut mixtape titled "10 Day". The mixtape's title is a reference to Chancellor getting suspended 10 days from high school for marijuana possession on campus. "10 Day" received high praise from music critics and garnered a significant amount of buzz within the music industry.
In 2013, Chancellor was a featured guest on rapper Childish Gambino's "Royalty" mixtape. Chancellor's next project, "Acid Rap", which was released April 30, 2013, catapulted his name to the mainstream. "Acid Rap" received universal praise from critics and went diamond on the mixtape sharing website Datpiff.com. In May of 2015, Chance the Rapper released a collaborative album titled "Surf" with his band The Social Experiment. The studio album garnered critical acclaim from critics and was downloaded over 600,000 times on iTunes within the first week.
On May 13, 2016, Chancellor released his third mixtape titled "Coloring Book". This mixtape would prove to be his most successful project to date by garnering widespread praise from critics, peaking at number 8 on the Billboard 200, and becoming the first ever streaming-only musical project to receive a Grammy.
From September 15, 2016 to November 26, 2016, Chancellor embarked on his Magnificent Coloring World Tour. The concert tour consisted of 10 shows in Europe and 27 shows in North America.
(By Biopage writers. Photo credit chanceraps.com. Please contact Biopage for any inaccuracy.)
Time 2017: The 100 Most Influential People
May 24, 2017 6 years agoYears ago, my grandmother asked me to call her friend's grandson. “I want you to give him some words of encouragement,” she said. “He wants to be a rapper.” She gave me his number, and I left him a message. I told him to keep following his dreams. Then I forgot all about it. Years later, my teenage daughter played me a new mixtape she loved from an artist named Chance the Rapper. There was something unique and soulful about it—I could tell he really knew hip-hop. And when I first met him, I realized that he knew me too. “You won't remember this,” he said, “but you called me when I was a kid.” Chance upends expectations about what artists, especially hip-hop artists, can do. He streams his albums instead of selling them. He makes music from an unapologetically inspiring and Christian perspective—music that transcends age, race and gender. He gives back to his Chicago community. And he does it all as an independent artist, without the support of a label. I'm glad Chance followed his dreams. I hope he always does. (By Common, a Grammy-winning recording artist. Photo credit Ramona Rosales-August)
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