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Chance the Rapper Reveals Crucial Advice This Comedy Legend Gave Him After Brutal Backlash to ‘The Big Day’

Chance The Rapper recalled how one of the greatest comedians of all time helped him get over the backlash to his album ‘The Big Day’.

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An album bombing may be absolutely brutal, but it’s not the end of the world. Chance The Rapper had to learn this the hard way after he released his sophomore album The Big Day. Hip-hop fans were especially cold to the record, which meme’d the ‘I love my wife’ sentiment into the ground. It took years for the Chicago MC to get back into the game. He credited a lot of the regaining of his confidence to one comedy legend in particular: Dave Chappelle.

In a conversation on The Vic Mensa Show, Chance The Rapper reflected on the thorny reactions to The Big Day back in 2018. Naturally, it affected him in a visceral way, and he worried the backlash would follow him for the rest of his life. But Chappelle explained that one rough........

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