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SPIN named Chance their Rapper Of The Year for 2013 – read their official statement, which includes a review of their top Hip Hop releases from 2013, here.

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Chance discusses a number of things with GQ magazine, including:

  • Touring with Eminem
  • Tweeting that Kanye liked Acid Rap when he had no idea if Ye had even listened to it
  • Meeting and working for his dad – Ken Bennett – and Barack Obama
  • Memories from the night Michael Jackson died
  • Donald Glover’s influence

Read the full interview here.

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The Chicago fashion retailer Leaders 1354 hosted an event in September 2012 to promote the Loud Chicago Sounds Vol. 1 tape featuring a number of Chicago artists, including Chance, Caleb James, Joey Purp and SAVEMONEY, to name a few. During his set, Chance performed parts of “Cocoa Butter Kisses” and “Juke Juke.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cizeHLBYOw

If you watch closely, you can spot a few other Chicago artists in the crowd, including:

  • Add-2 standing right next to the DJ table
  • Peter Cottontale standing right behind Add
  • Tink in the crowd (close up shot at 1:52)

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An early recording of Chance freestyling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKfRMR7_jDQ

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Chance was recorded performing “Prom Night” at an open mic event before 10 Day was released.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOGYFiao8nY

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In what Ellen called one of her favourite performances, Chance, 2 Chainz and Weezy crashed a ‘Generic Records’ label meeting during their performance of “No Problem.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgUp1e-2UTM

If you listen closely, Lil Wayne surprised Chance and actually changed the end of his verse by rapping:

And if Cash Money try to stop me
I’m gon' let ‘em rob me
Yea right, like Ryan Lochte

Following their performance, Chance sat down with Ellen and discussed his motivations for remaining an independent artist. Chance met Ellen at the White House for President Obama’s birthday party (also, he was drunk).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSgsrsTnrsk

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Chance, Donnie Trumpet, Jamila Woods and SoX perform “Sunday Candy” on Windy City LIVE!.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MsUZK_wn08

Before the performance, Donnie discusses Surf, The Social Experiment and how he and Chance first met. Donnie also reveals that he performed on Windy City LIVE! about 3 years earlier with Vic Mensa when they were still in the group Kids These Days.

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