For me, performing is the biggest part of being a rapper. There’s nothing like the feeling of screaming your story to people. Chance The Rapper Read Quote
My come-out record, ’10 Day,’ was the thing people were supposed to hear and figure out ‘he’s good’ or ‘he’s not good.’ ‘Acid Rap’ is the comeback tape, and it asks way bigger and better questions than, ‘Is he good at rapping?’ Chance The Rapper Read Quote
People wanna say that they’re part Native American or mixed, or anything other than black. We’re raised to believe that there’s something better about not being fully black, something eccentric about it. I’m saying I used to tell girls that I was mixed, which is a bold-faced lie! Chance The Rapper Read Quote
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. Chance The Rapper Read Quote
The idea of ‘talking white,’ a lot of people grew up around that, just the idea that if you speak with proper diction and come off as educated that it’s not black and that it’s actually anti-black and should be considered only something that white people would do. Chance The Rapper Read Quote
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. Chance The Rapper Read Quote
There’s nothing like doing a show at home. When you do a show in Chicago, there’s just a certain love that you don’t feel anywhere else; it’s like home base. Chance The Rapper Read Quote
I don’t see myself ever being in a position where I need to sign to a label. Chance The Rapper Read Quote
I would say almost 60 percent of working with Kanye – let’s say 53 percent of working with Kanye – is speeches. Chance The Rapper Read Quote
Every song on ’10 Day’ is a completely different sound – the cadence, the flow, even the production – because I like so many different types of music and because my taste is so refined. ‘Acid Rap’ is another tape where every song sounds different. Chance The Rapper Read Quote
