Following Coloring Book’s release on May 13th, Chance teased fans about a unique listening party experience called Magnificent Coloring World. Watch the footage embedded in Chance’s tweet below, or check it out here on YouTube.

https://twitter.com/chancetherapper/status/735607864287330304

That’s how it is in the street right
Hold your heat tight
Split him to the white meat
He gon’ go to sleep right

White wife beaters and t-shirts stain easily – like when Styles P and X spill your blood by splitting your head open (where “white meat” refers to the white matter of your brain).

Chance closed out the final night of the 3-day Lollapalooza in his hometown Chicago with a memorial show featuring surprise guests Vic Mensa and R. Kelly. Following the show, Chance even posted a free recording of the entire performance (although it has since been removed from YouTube due to a copyright claim).

Check the full 2014 lineup on Lollapalooza’s official website and read a review of Chance’s set here.

Coloring Book makes history as the first streaming-exclusive album to debut in the top 10 on the Billboard 200.

The independently released album bowed exclusively through Apple Music’s streaming service on May 13 and launches at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 with 38,000 equivalent album units. Nearly all of those units were generated by streams of the albums tracks via Apple Music, equating to 57.3 million streams. (Each streaming equivalent album unit is equal to 1,500 streams from an album.)

Chance took to reddit.com to answer questions from his fans. Check out Genius' summary of the key things we learned or read the full AMA here.

Chance gives an hour-long talk moderated by Bakari Kitwana at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics (IOP). Notable topics include:

• Influence of Chance’s parents and familial ties to church in Chicago (8:00)
• Involvement with Harold Washington Library’s YouMedia and his mentor, the late Mike Hawkins (aka Brother Mike) (11:20)
• The SaveMoney collective (14:00)
• Individuality as an artist and not signing to a major label (16:00)
• Being offered a deal with Sony in 2012 and not signing because of his dad (19:30)
• Art and activism in the music industry (25:00)
• Other forms of activism, including Warmest Winter initiative and balancing activism through music and physical involvements (34:40)
• Meaning behind “All We Got” (40:35)
• Audience questions: discussing album artwork; standup comedy; hindsight of not selling music; platforms for promoting social issues (44:00)
• More audience questions: the N word; advice for up and coming Hip Hop artists; #GiveJonathanAChance; (53:15)
• Thanks and goodbyes (1:03:00)

Watch the full video embedded below and on the UChicago IOP’s YouTube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG64tfEjHwg

As it’s been said by people smarter than me, when you are accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression

Kweli uses a recent Twitter exchange as a catalyst to discuss white fragility and the entitlement some feel to silence others who speak out about black pain.

View the original publication and check the rest of Kweli’s medium.com writings here.

Just before releasing Coloring Book, Chance discusses the following with Complex News:

• Chance’s June/July Complex cover story with Lin-Manuel Miranda
• Working on The Life Of Pablo with Kanye
• Experimenting with temporarily releasing new songs via Soundcloud
• Working on Surf with Donnie and SoX
• Meeting Busta Rhymes and Phife Dawg in the studio
• Staying independent, performing on SNL and releasing albums for free with Apple
• Working with Lil Wayne and Frank Ocean

Watch the full interview embedded below or on Complex News' YouTube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh26wgiy3Io