Chance the Rapper Wants You to Get Married
It’s easy to root for Chance the Rapper, but it can still be hard to believe the variety of people who do. “What an album. Bravo,” tweeted New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio—whose last notable musical opinion was saying “I love ska” on CNN—just hours after Chance’s The Big Day hit streaming services last Friday. In 2017, the New York Times’ David Brooks, who once fretted about hip-hop’s themes, devoted a column to Chance entitled “What Sincerity Looks Like.” Donald Trump even once thanked the rapper—for defending Kanye West’s MAGA phase—though that accolade was swiftly returned to sender.
Chance’s appeal to political types is oddly fitting given the 26-year-old son of a bureaucrat’s in his hometown of Chicago. But his broad success really owes to his artistic sensibility:
