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Why Everyone Should Be Listening To Chance The Rapper

Making history at only 23.

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For the past two months, the only music I have been listening to is Chance the Rapper’s mixtape Coloring Book. The more I listened to his music and learned about the rapper himself, the more I fell in love with him. Not to mention that his personal style aka his various colored iconic overalls deserves a 10/10.

If you don’t know who Chance the Rapper is, he is a 23-year-old rapper from Chicago. But he isn’t like other rappers. Chance refuses to sign with any record label, even though he is one of the biggest artists in hip-hop right now. He explained while on the Ellen show why he hasn’t signed with any label saying, “I’m just trying to be an example for all the young artists that are becoming artists every day and working on their craft and trying to help them avoid the pitfalls of the upper management in music and the non-music side of music.”

Not to mention all of Chance’s music is free. He does not sell any of his music, which means his mixtape Coloring Book is streaming only. The rapper makes his fortune from his shows and his merchandise. Because Chance the Rapper’s music is streaming only, he is making history in the music industry.

Earlier this month the Recording Academy released its nominations for the 59th annual Grammy Awards. Chance is nominated for seven awards including Best New Artist, Best Rap Album, and Best Rap song. Because of Chance’s enormous musical success, the Grammy Awards changed their rules, allowing streaming only music to be allowed into the nominations. Chance the Rapper is the first ever streaming-only artist to be nominated for a Grammy(s).

The 23-year-old is changing the face of music for the next generation of young artist and making history while doing it. So, if you haven’t listened to Chance the Rapper yet, I highly recommend it. Not only he is a musical genius, but also a super cutie.

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