Music can kind of make you one-dimensional. People see what's on the surface and what you rap about, and they make their decision on who you are from there.

To me, I feel like basketball and hip-hop have always been kinda conjoined because they're very similar in their competitive nature, you know what I'm sayin'? It's about technical skill, and then there's just God-given talent.

It wasn't until I left that I realised it's not weird to grow up in certain cities and, by the age of 27 or 28, for all of your friends to still be alive. I can think of a lot of kids that I knew in Chicago who were supposed to grow up but didn't.

I think even before I knew I wanted to be a rapper, I wanted to be an entertainer. I was really into Michael Jackson as a kid.

Chance the Rapper' is many things. I'm constantly evolving.

For me, performing is the biggest part of being a rapper. There's nothing like the feeling of screaming your story to people.

I made the decision that I was going to make rap music in, like, fourth grade, so it's been something I was saying for a long time.