Chance The Rapper

“I was a mad, impressionable kid, and every skit from 'The College Dropout' was telling me how I didn't need school.”

“I'm very into film and strengthening what it means to be a rapper and to be a black dude from Chicago.”

“I can't gain anything off of anyone else not succeeding.”

“The weird thing about rap is that you don't get compared in the same way that athletes do, even though it's probably the most competitive sport in music. In basketball, they look at a player...”

“Being in the space that I am as a writer, and just as a black dude in America, there's this push to be cool or be what you're expected to be. There's a need for a song that puts that in pers...”