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Chance The Rapper On Mixtapes, Politics And Priorities

Hip-hop's unsigned overachiever speaks with Stretch and Bobbito about SoundCloud, how parenting has changed his music and his million-dollar donation to Chicago Public Schools.
Chance The Rapper's streaming-only album <em>Coloring Book</em> won him three Grammys this year.

At 24, has already had a career many artists could only dream of. In 2015, he became the first unsigned artist to perform on. This year, he won three Grammys for Best New Artist, Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Album. When he spoke to Stretch and Bobbito — who in the '90s invited then-unsigned or little-known artists like , , , and Big L to rap on their college radio show — they asked him

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