Chance the Rapper Addresses Donald Trump’s Chicago Comments

A few weeks ago President Donald Trump tweeted “If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible "carnage" going on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings (up 24% from 2016), I will send in the Feds,” and that rash statement garnered mix reviews. Chicago is an amazing city filled with people with limitless potential, beautiful art and music, and some of the best food that you can eat but there is another problem happening in its inner cities with shootings, drive-bys and ultraviolence that seems to climb higher and higher each day. Most people are in agreement that SOMETHING needs to be done and a few people actually agree maybe they should indeed send the feds in. On the other hand, people feel that the feds will actually make things worse. Recently, Chance the Rapper gave his thought on that statement when he sat down for an interview with ESPN the Magazine's Entertainment Issue. The No Problems rapper stated that it sounded like Trump was going to go to war with the city and hopes that the president actually meant that he is going to help out with the teachers' strike and the union issues from a federal level. The rapper, who is also a Chicago native and whose father, Ken Bennett, serves as deputy chief of staff to the city mayor Rahm Emanuel, went on to say that he’s sick of people discussing Chicago like it’s a third world country and not "a place of booming business with a very successful downtown and all types of new development." You tell them Chance! Chance the Rapper is fresh of the heels of three recent Grammy wins that he received this past Sunday at the most prestigious awards show in music. The 23-year-old independent rapper absolutely cleaned house with awards for best new artist, rap album, and rap performance. In his speech he thanked God, his family, and gave a shout out to all the independent artists in the music business. The Coloring Book rapper also took us all the way to church with Kirk Franklin and Tamela Mann in his room lifting performance of How Great featuring a medley of other songs. After his career changing wins, Chance shared via Instagram a congratulatory text he received from Drake. Chance had an amazing year last year and is working on a few new projects, including a movie, and definitely deserves all the recognition he’s getting because he is truly one of the underdogs everyone loves to root for.

By Rikkaya Wilson