Chance the Rapper Quotes.
Sometimes the truth don’t rhyme
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.
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’ is many things. I’m constantly evolving.
Everybody’s somebody’s everything
Whats better than followers, is actually falling in love
Kanye took me from a kid who listened to music to a kid who lived music.
My favorite artist in the world is Michael Jackson, and he revolutionized the music video aspect of music.
Some people are so poor, all they have is money.
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.
Fame or perceived success – it all comes from groupthink.
Rap music is a combination of many different arts to make something new. There’s always been a stigma that its existence would be short and only appeal to a certain group – but it’s the biggest music in the world.
I made the decision that I was going to make rap music in, like, fourth grade, so it’s been something I was saying for a long time.
I think it’s so dope that I’m here in Chicago and contributing to the music scene that’s thriving. People are so happy Chicago’s shining that everyone is willing to say ‘I represent Chicago.’ That wasn’t always the case.
Depending on the story that you’re telling, you can be relatable to everybody or nobody. I try and tell everybody’s story.
Sometimes the truth don’t rhyme, sometime the lies get millions of views, funerals for little girls is that appealing to you?
Music can kind of make you one-dimensional. People see what’s on the surface and what you rap about, and they make their decision on who you are from there.
A cool & diversified version of a mix tape. The BreakBeat Poets is a thorough and complete summation of Golden Era writers who continue to build the scene of literary and performance poetry.
I don’t really have control over my direct impression on people anymore. I used to be the person putting my CD in people’s hands. But I’m kind of a mainstream artist now. Not by choice.
The whole point of ‘Acid Rap’ was just to ask people a question: does the music business side of this dictate what type of project this is? If it’s all original music and it’s got this much emotion around it and it connects this way with this many people, is it a mixtape? What’s an ‘album’ these days, anyways?
I make money from touring and selling merchandise, and I honestly believe if you put effort into something and you execute properly, you don’t necessarily have to go through the traditional ways.
