Acid Rap
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Chancelor Bennett (born April 16, 1993), better known by his stage name Chance The Rapper, is an American hip-hop recording artist from Chicago, Illinois. In 2013, he began to gain recognition following the release of his first two mixtapes. Chance first made some noise on the Chicago hip-hop blog Fake Shore Drive with his video for “Nostalgia“ in early 2011. His mixtape, Coloring Book, was released for free on Apple Music on 12 May 2016. Chance achieved some success with his first mixtape 10 Day, which details his 10 day long suspension from his high school. On April 30, 2013, Chance's second mixtape, Acid Rap dropped. It received diamond status from Datpiff. The Social Experiment, Chance's band with Donnie Trumpet, Peter Cottontail, and members of the O'My's, released their free album, Surf, on May 28, 2015. Chance released his debut studio album, The Big Day on July 26, 2019 to continued commercial success and moderate critical reception. The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, Chance's highest-charting entry to date. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.