Chance continues to reach amazing heights in his career — all at the young age of 22. Today, Chicago Magazine crowned Chance as their 2015 “Chicagoan of the Year” and placed him on the cover of the esteemed issue. Yes, the cover boy has returned — and his hit list is incredible.
We don’t have the actual cover on hand yet, but Chicago Mag did release their in-depth feature on Mr. Bennett, which you can now read right here. Congrats are in order, yet again, for Chance. Keep winning bro.
The baby is a main impetus for the new tour (fittingly called Family Matters); Chance is trying to squirrel away enough money for a house for his burgeoning clan. “I’m a patriarch now. I’ve got to go get the bread,” he jokes. There are other signs he’s maturing. He goes easier on the drugs and alcohol these days. And he’s highly cognizant of his growing influence (1.2 million Twitter followers) and wants to use it for good. “Being from the family I’m from—my great-grandmother marched with King—I have things that I have to do,” he says.
Read the full piece here and check out behind the scenes footage of the photo shoot below.
Update: now with picture of cover