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Over the past six months, a Chance also releases all of his There's a hunger in me
23-year-old African American music for free. His first two that always wants to be
male from Chicago has been mixtapes are available for free
taking the hip-hop scene by download on multiple websites creating and orating,
storm. Chancelor Bennett, better and his most recent release is telling people
known by the alias, Chance the available for streaming on all
Rapper has taken hip-hop to new major services via Apple Music, something and giving
heights by merging rap and Spotify, Tidal and Google Play. them information and
gospel (two genre’s that don’t He strongly believes that music getting feedback. There
seem to have too much in should be free and available to all. are so many questions
common). It is particularly interesting how that I'm trying to ask,
Chance’s dominance in 2016 someone was able to build a huge and I'm still so far from
started when he began working career off of free music and
very closely with rapper, Kanye garner so much attention doing being done saying
West on his seventh studio album, so. Working with the likes of what I gotta say.
The Life of Pablo, released back in music’s biggest artists like Kanye
February. Chance co-wrote 5 West, Jay Z and Beyoncé. Just Chance The Rapper
songs on the critically-acclaimed recently, Chance led a petition for
album and provided a guest verse the Grammy Awards that would
on the opening track, Ultralight allow free music to be nominated.
Beam; a song about religion and Speaking on the petition, Chance
faith. Fast forward three months said, “The victory isn’t about me,
later, Chance released his highly it’s about all the [free] albums
anticipated third mixtape, that may now be recognized for
Coloring Book to widespread excellence.”
universal acclaim. The release of
this mixtape is worthy of A special thanks to Domenic
significant attention due to its Smith.
heavy use of gospel choirs and
uplifting spiritual content, which
is a completely new, creative and
innovative sound that hasn’t been
heard before.
