blogged by @lanaladonna NBA Superstar, Dwyane Wade and rapper ChanceTheRapper will be co-producing a new basketball documentary, ‘Shot in the Dark.’ Being two Chicago natives themselves, it’s no surprise that the film surrounds itself around a high school basketball team in Chicago. ‘Shot in the Dark’ will follow the lives …
Read More »Chance The Rapper is Teaming Up With Jeremih For A Christmas Album
Just one year after dropping a surprise Christmas project, Chance The Rapper and Jeremih are back this year to do it again. This time, the project, ‘Merry Christmas Lil’ Mama,’ will be re-released as a full album. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “It’s gonna be a little bit of both, but pretty much, …
Read More »Chance the Rapper Announces First Ever Award Show to Honor Leaders in Education
During his Social Works summit Friday on Chicago’s southside, Chance the Rapper announced that 20 local public schools will receive a $100,000 grant from the total $2.2 million raised for his New Chance Fund. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The donations were raised for arts education over a span of six months. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In addition to …
Read More »Ballerific Charity: Chance The Rapper Sends Tour Merch To Fan With Terminal Brain Cancer
For many of us, summer is the season for concerts, and that was no exception for 19-year-old Ty Robertson of West Fargo, North Dakota. He’d been looking forward to taking a trip down to Tampa to visit his girlfriend, and bought tickets for the two of them to see one …
Read More »Did Chance the Rapper Singlehandedly Save SoundCloud?
Amid reports that SoundCloud’s days were limited, three-time Grammy winner Chance the Rapper took to twitter to reveal he’s “working on the SoundCloud thing.” The unsettling reports that the music-streaming platform only had funding to last roughly 50 days left social media users in an uproar. The company …
Read More »Chance The Rapper and Ex Praised After Reaching Custody Agreement
Chance The Rapper and ex-girlfriend, Kirsten Corley, have been off and on again with their relationship, but that doesn’t mean they can’t come together for the sake of their 18-month-old daughter, Kensli. The former couple originally reached a parenting agreement in June 2016 that was dependant on the pair …
Read More »Ballerific Charity: Chance The Rapper Donates $1 Million To Chicago Public Schools
Dissatisfied with last week’s meeting with the governor of Illinois, Chance The Rapper is determined to repair the school system in his hometown of Chicago. The Grammy Award-winning rapper held a press conference at Westcott Elementary School in Chicago on Monday, to discuss last week’s meeting with Governor Bruce Rauner. …
Read More »Childish Gambino On Project With Chance The Rapper: “We have to find a time to sit down together”
-blogged by: @ItsMyAmbitionz Childish Gambino (a.k.a. Donald Glover) has had a terrific start to 2017. A bulk of the groundwork was done years prior and now the fruitful enjoyments are surfacing as he explains to Big Boy’s Neighborhood in an interview. With so much going on, there are a few …
Read More »Chance the Rapper Back in Court Over Child Support and Parenting Plans
Just days before Chance the Rapper is scheduled to perform at the 2017 Grammy Awards, attorneys for the rapper and his ex-girlfriend Kristen Corley, are set to meet in court on Friday in an effort to settle child support and scheduling for their one-year-old daughter, Kensli. Chance and Kristen lived together …
Read More »Beyoncé Reigns Supreme, Locks in Seven NAACP Image Award Nods
The Queen is back! Bow Down! Since the release of her sixth studio album, Beyoncé has been at the top of her game (as if we expected anything less from the Queen). Last week, the Grammy’s released their long list of nominations for this year’s awards show and of course, Queen …
Read More »Beyonce, Rihanna, Kanye & Drake Lead 2017 Grammy Nominations
The nominees for the 59th Grammy Awards were announced Tuesday morning, and with a few exceptions, they came out pretty much how one would expect. Beyonce leads the pack with 9 Grammy nominations, followed by Kanye West, Rihanna and Drake with 8. Chance The Rapper came in strong with 7 nominations …
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