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Chance the Rapper gave a huge nod to Kanye West by covering 3 of his songs in a row at his New York show

Aug 26, 2024, 04:59 IST
Photo by Noam Galai/Getty ImagesChance The Rapper performs onstage during the 2017 Governors Ball Music Festival - Day 1 at Randall's Island on June 2, 2017 in New York City.Chance the Rapper has solidified his status as one of the most talented rappers of his generation and pioneers in the music industry over the last year.

The 24-year-old independent rapper made Grammys history in February when he won a Grammy for best rap performance for the song "No Problem," off his hit album "Coloring Book." It was the first track off a streaming-only album to win a Grammy.

Chance, who famously doesn't have a record deal and doesn't sell his albums, won two more Grammys for Best Rap Album and Best New Artist this year.

This is all to say that the self-made man doesn't really need to pay respect to anybody. And yet, on Friday at the Governors Ball music festival in New York City, Chance took a chunk out of his headlining set to perform covers of three songs from one of his hip-hop heroes: Kanye West.

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Chance played renditions of "Waves," "Father Stretch My Hands," and "Ultralight Beam" - all tracks from West's 2016 "The Life of Pablo" - amidst a set full of his own mega-hits including "No Problem," "Sunday Candy," and "Angels."

It's worth noting that Chance worked on a number of tracks for "Pablo," earning writing credits on all three of those songs, and production credits on "Ultralight Beam."

Here's a bit of Waves:

And Ultralight Beam:

I was too busy enjoying the show to film "Father Stretch My Hands," but here it is at Red Rocks Ampitheatre in Colorado last month:

And bonus video of Chance coming out for Francis and the Lights' "May I Have This Dance" (They did the song together again during Chance's set):

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