Chance the Rapper

**Chancelor Jonathan Bennett** (born April 16, 1993), better known by his stage name **Chance the Rapper**, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is the older brother of rapper Taylor Bennett.

## Early life

Chancelor Jonathan Bennett was born to a middle-class family in Chicago, Illinois. He studied at Jones College Prep High School.

### 2011: Career beginnings and _10 Day_

Following a 10-day suspension in early 2011 during his senior year for possessing marijuana on campus, Bennett recorded his first full-length project, a mixtape titled _10 Day_.

### 2013–2015: _Acid Rap_ and The Social Experiment

In 2013, Bennett began to gain recognition following the release of his second mixtape _Acid Rap_. Apart from his solo career, he is also a member of the Chicago collective SaveMoney (along with frequent collaborator Vic Mensa), and has worked as the lead vocalist for the band The Social Experiment. They released the widely lauded album _Surf_ in May 2015.

### 2016–present: _Coloring Book_

In May 2016, Chance released his third mixtape _Coloring Book_. It earned him three Grammy Awards, including for Best Rap Album. _Coloring Book_ was the first streaming-only album to ever receive and win multiple Grammy nominations ushering in a new era of streaming.

## Activism

On March 6, 2017, after a bad meeting with Governor Bruce Rauner only days before, Bennett announced his plans to donate $1,000,000 to Chicago Public Schools in order to help offset the lack of government funding provided.

## Personal life

In July 2015, Bennett announced that he was expecting his first child with his girlfriend Kirsten Corley, who he began to date in 2013. In September 2015, Corley gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Kensli. In May 2016, after they had stopped living together, Corley wanted the courts to declare Bennett as the father of their daughter, requiring him to pay child support.

In February 2017, Bennett's child support case reopened in an attempt to work out child support terms and a parenting schedule as Bennett and Corley moved to separate residences. On March 21, 2017, the dispute was settled out of court. Corley and Bennett reconciled. On July 4, 2018, they became engaged after 5 years together. The two married on March 9, 2019. Bennett is a Christian 16.9973.

### Studio albums

|Release date|Title|Format|
| --- | --- | --- |
|July 26, 2019|_The Big Day_|CD, Vinyl, streaming, digital download|

### Mixtapes

|Release date|Title|Format||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|April 3, 2012|_10 Day_|Digital download, vinyl||
|April 30, 2013|_Acid Rap_|Digital download, vinyl||
|August 5, 2015|_Free (Based Freestyles Mixtape)_||Digital download|
|May 13, 2016|_Coloring Book_|Digital download, vinyl||
|December 22, 2016|_Merry Christmas Lil' Mama_||Digital download|
|colspan="18" style="font-size:85%"|"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.|||

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Chance the Rapper
- **image**: Chance the Rapper 2018 February.png
- **caption**: Chance the Rapper in 2018
- **birth name**: Chancelor Jonathan Bennett
- **alias**: Chance
- **birth place**: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- **instrument**: Vocals
- **years active**: 2011–present