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It's the show without questions, even Hotter Wings.

And today we're joined by Chicago's own chance, the rapper.

He's a three time Grammy Award winner and one of the most exciting names in hip hop.

Check out his debut studio album, The Big Day, which released earlier this year, and you can see him on Rhythm and Flow, a music competition series airing on Netflix.

Now Chance the rapper Welcome to the Show, Yo, what's up?

So many people credit you with bringing back spicy chicken nuggets.

So I take it you're pretty good with the heat.

I'm actually not a spicy.

I don't like toe.

No, no, that's not at all true.

Um, I'm terrified right now.

Let's face the fear.

Let's face the fear chance.

Okay, which direction am I going?

And so it definitely will start at the handle.

The handle.

If you get lost along the way that sauces air.

Funny, because like this one has like a nuclear bomb on it's you know, it's like you're working your way too far.

You're getting to sort of like the dicey Zone.

Okay, so I want to start by talking about your Netflix show Rhythm and flow, which is this music competition?

Siri's Were you alongside fellow judges?

T I and Cardi B try to find the next big rap superstar watching the 1st 4 episodes.

So I feel like maybe you're the Simon Kalle.

Yeah, it does feel like that.

They kind of put me in that position, right?

I don't know.

I think that's the edit because everybody was be keeping it.

Really.

It just seems like like I was shutting shit down, I don't know.

And then in the Chicago episode, you guys shoot on location at two places one, the Harold Washington Library and then another.

Reggie's over on State Street.

What role did those two institutions play in helping launch your career?

Well, Reggie's was where we We had a show that we sold out, and it was like the first hip hop show to sell out at the spot that didn't like the book.

If options definitely not local hip hop shows, and we were like local local fresh out of high school.

Also, this is before any of us, but really, like, blew up or like anybody on the Internet, who we were and the M in the library that just completely built me like that was like my regiment blow like I used to go home Mike there, and, uh, every it was.

It was every Wednesday, every other Wednesday they would have this big gun from Mike where, like everybody would come through and do their poetry or dance or stand up a raft.

And there was a guy there named Brother Michael.

He's just, like pull Melissa pulling to the side and be like, you know, practice your rap so you can't rap anymore.

I like stop, you know, cursing so much, you know, do a new piece.

I will come there and perform the same pieces every week because I was comfortable with him and stuff.

But it was just like he was a huge influence on my life and a lot of artists.

Most artists that came up around my generation from Chicago.

I actually hate jalapeno as a flavour, so but you like Chicago.

So this one's like a real I like just show, so I'm doing Offset said to just like hurry up and finish it.

If you keep it in your mouth, it gets hotter.

I like that You traded notes with offset.

So when Shyla Buff was on the show, you push forward this theory that your favorite comedians are probably good freestylers because it's the same skill set, inability to ad lib.

Do you think that it might be true the other way as well?

Like, do you see a connection between rap and comedy?

Yeah, the most stand up comedians.

They do, like, fill out the room and stuff, but they're more so like they have a piece that they wrote themselves that they go through.

And even if they have live a little bit, it's like mostly their peace.

When your actor it's like someone else gives you words, you interpret it.

And then, if you're lucky, if the director doesn't hate you, then you can add livable.

But you know what I mean?

But Shilo buff is one of the best free stylist of all time.

Sway said.

He's the best freestyle in Hollywood.

Yeah, definitely, definitely an active.

I mean, like, period, he's fine.

You could do.

You can put them together right so sad.

That doesn't sound bad at all.

The heartbeat.

Pineapple.

Oh, habanero pineapple.

Habanero catching that have been here a little bit.

Yeah.

Having arrows coming through.

So throughout your career, you've wrapped the Chicago White Sox from throwing out opening pitches to narrating pregame pump up videos to even today, rocking the hat here out ones.

This was the one I found.

Do you have any insight?

Toe?

Why White Sox gear from the days of Easy and Ice Cube to you and Kendrick Lamar.

Why it has such an esteemed place in hip hop?

I don't know.

That's a good observation.

I would say it's probably the color way, the black and white over way over, like ever feeling, you know, connected or accepted in baseball.

I think it's more so a like a rebranding of something that we find to be cool.

Well, you know, like Jay Z, he puts his money, and he puts his like brand behind the nets to make that cool.

I have, like the Toronto Raptors and Drake like what do you think a team has to benefit by partnering with a mega famous super fam?

You know, it just makes them cool.

Obviously, I feel like it's also like about the city appeal.

You know, I like the White Sox because they represent the South Side of Chicago.

To me, Drake has a whole voice.

The team is a bunch of people's voices funneled through till just be like, hey, where our gear like, come on our game.

I mean, they just have a certain, like fluidity with the fact that their actual people, and not just entities, is go Cubs go a Bob no go Cubs go.

Why don't I know that?

Go, go.

Why don't I know that that's the Cubs theme song?

Yeah, I guess it is about because I don't even know how I know that melody that you just that song you just said is to Maybe it's from the World Series.

Who knows?

When is the big jump?

It changes person to person over here, so you know, it's it's in the It's in the mouth of the beholder, I suppose, but speak science to me.

That, like right here, I would say, is a significant jump from like 5 to 6 into seven and then, just like the size of the Grand Canyon some sort of jump from 70 and we're on.

We're on four.

I thought we were going six.

All right, so in this instant release Clickbait Hot take age that we're living in the nuanced relationship between fans between artists, between critics, it seems to be more complicated than it's ever been.

So with that in mind, what I want to do is hit you with some quotes from famous musicians covering the topic.

And I'm just curious if you think they're true.

If you think that's false, if you have any sort of chance the rapper take on it.

Okay, Yes, This 1st 1 is from Noel Gallagher, who actually said this on this show.

Fans, they don't know what they fucking want.

No one wanted Jimi Hendrix before he came along.

No one wanted Oasis till we came along.

No one wanted the Sex Pistols.

They don't know what they want until you give it to them.

I feel like that's 100% true.

And I feel like it is a brave decision to be an artist, even if you're not famous, especially if you're famous.

But to be like, Hey, I've made this myself, put it out there for you to enjoy.

And also judge, I definitely feel like people don't necessarily always know what they want because there's a bunch of songs that I didn't that I probably heard.

Tastes evolved.

People change.

Yeah, this is from Jay Z at the 2009 American Music Awards.

Men lie.

Women lie numbers don't numbers lie.

I like numbers lie sometimes just because it's like still like a representation of something.

But not all the characteristics of it, because I don't know.

Yeah, I know.

I don't know.

Do I disagree with him, or do I agree with him on hot ones?

I agree with that.

I two more for you.

This is from a since deleted tweet from Liz.

Oh, people who review albums and don't make music themselves should be unemployed.

Well, that's not really That's a strong take on it.

I don't necessarily feel like they should be unemployed, but I do feel her to a certain extent.

I feel like I don't I don't think that that job shouldn't exist like they should be unemployed.

I think it's just like maybe it's just a different process to it.

I feel like the idea of like being a critic.

I need to listen to it.

Find out if it's good or not, and then write a piece about it.

You know, there's a certain way that they systemically ingest music.

It might not be the same way that, you know, the regular consumer might take that shit.

And you know, we'll set one more for you.

This is from Lady Gaga, actually.

Don't want thrown at all because I don't view myself as a queen.

I view myself is one of my fans.

Yeah, I could see why somebody wouldn't want to be considered someone that's being exalted or like the finite top of something That's kind of wack, but yeah.

Um, I'm a fan of myself, Definitely.

So, yeah, I fuck with you.

Got on that when I feel totally habanero horseradish guard, guard on their own.

A little bit of a jump here.

Yeah, well, it was great doing it.

Jansen ever recurring segment on our show called Explain that, Graham.

We do a deep dive on our guests.

Instagram pull interesting pictures that need more contacts.

So we'll show you the picture.

You just tell us the bigger story does that sound good?

Yes.

All right.

First things first.

Do you remember what happened with the birth of the bucket boys?

Okay, so I'm with Doug McDermott and Jimmy Butler, and this is at a time when they all play for the bulls.

And the bucket boys are the bucket weighs in check.

I would play the drums and I don't know, I was wasted And I was like, Hey, we're the bucket boys.

And they was like, Yeah, I was like, Take this picture.

So remember what I was thinking.

This is a Gabrielle Union's birthday party in Chicago a few years ago.

The caption here is don't put ranch on my chicken hoe.

Skrillex.

I could definitely tell you what's going on here.

So Skrillex, sonny.

Great great guy.

Amazing.

Dude, this dude has, like, five houses in L.

A.

He let me stay at the one that had a studio and he came over and he was I got these chickens.

Can I put ranch on?

I was like, let me take a picture of how ridiculous you sound right now.

Scorpion four pepper sauce blend, and it says very hot at the bottom.

So should I put it in my body for TV?

I guess so.

That was an offset bike right there.

We're approaching the ceiling a little bit, huh?

I'm a real fucking man, but that shit is insane.

Come here.

Milk.

Yeah, Yeah.

All yours.

All yours.

So, looking at your career in public persona, I think one of the more complicated things to one package is the way people react to you being a Christian rapper.

At least putting faith in the music that you make.

When you see headlines like Vice Sane, it's tough to be a chance.

The rapper fan, When you're not a Christian, what is your reaction to that?

Maybe Maybe that's true.

I don't know how to sail right now.

Does that sound like it makes sense, though No *** is.

Obviously Kanye has been generating Kanye levels of interest in the Sunday service thing.

What's your milk and ice cream?

Hey, let's bring in the ice cream.

Let's bring in the ER What's your initial thought on that kind of music sharing.

And how is it different than like tearing down a concert at United Center?

Um, I think it's slightly more important because it's doing what we're supposed to do, which is shouting, praise, seeing Can you get all these people together reveal these songs of worship that have been around forever to people that may not know them or it's an important thing.

I think it's supposed to be happening right now.

It's still that that is doing it dumb.

She's a lifesaver.

Wear again for the other shit that they put in there and make a hot cap station cap station.

So this is actually an extra creamy, extra fat extra sugar ice cream that I got you, like, looked into the science a little bit.