Chancelor Johnathan Bennett, known as Chance the Rapper, was born in Chicago on April 16, 1993. Chance grew up on Chicago’s South Side and attended Jones College Prep High School. He recorded his first mixtape while still in high school, releasing his second mixtape two years later in 2013. He released his first studio album, a collaborative album titled Surf, on May 28 of this year.

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