Chicago Wants Chance The Rapper To Be Chance The Mayor

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
MY NEXT GUEST IS A BRILLIANT AND TALENTED THREE-TIME GRAMMY
WINNER WHO I AM PROUD TO CALL A COLLABORATOR AND FRIEND.
PLEASE WELCOME CHANCE THE RAPPER!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: SO NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> GREAT TO SEE YOU, STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH, FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE MISSED
IT, YOU DID A RAP IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR EMMY OPENING NUMBER.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: THAT WAS FUN TO WORK ON.
>> THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING ME.
I LIKED IT.
IT WAS VERY ORGANIC, YOU KNOW.
>> Stephen: IT WAS.
WE HAD WRITTEN SOME BARS FOR YOU.
YOU SHOWED UP AND YOU WENT, OKAY, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING
HERE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO INTERJECT SOME MEANING INTO
THIS.
( LAUGHTER ) THEN WE PUT IN STUFF THAT MEANT
SOMETHING TO YOU.
>> YEAH, BROKE IT DOWN PIECE TO PIECE.
>> Stephen: AT ONE POINT YOU SAID, WHAT DO WHITE PEOPLE CARE
ABOUT?
( LAUGHTER ) >> BECAUSE I HAD GOTTEN MY FILL.
I LISTED THE THINGS BLACK PEOPLE CARED ABOUT, LET'S HAVE SOME
INCLUSION.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: YOU SAID YOU
DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE JUST ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS.
>> THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT, ACCESS FOR EVERYBODY.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
PEOPLE IN CHICAGO HAVE STARTED SOMETHING THAT WANT YOU TO RUN
FOR MAYOR OF CHICAGO.
DOES POLITICS APPEAL TO YOU?
>> NOT AT ALL.
I LIKE TO MAKE A SEPARATION BETWEEN THE TWO.
I DO NOT LIKE POLITICS.
I THINK GOVERNMENT, IN A CERTAIN WAY, IS NECESSARY AND IT SHOULD
ALWAYS BE A FLUID THING THAT'S CHANGING.
POLITICS IS ALWAYS FAST AND IT'S ABOUT POPULARITY AND STRATEGY IN
A LOT OF WAYS, WHICH I CAN ADMIRE, BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT, YOU
KNOW -- IT DOESN'T MAKE THE SAME CHANGE THAT, YOU KNOW,
LEGISLATION MAKES.
SO I TRY NOT TO GET CAUGHT UP IN POLITICS OR ANY, YOU KNOW,
ENTERTAINING THINGS, YOU KNOW.
I TRY AND, LIKE, KEEP MY EYES FOCUSED ON THE THINGS THAT
REALLY AFFECT US SYSTEMICALLY WHICH IS WHERE THE LAW IS.
SO TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, I HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, UP TO DATE ON
WHAT'S GOING ON POLITICALLY, BUT I TRY NOT TO LET IT PHASE ME
BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW -- IT'S IN THE AIR
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YOU GUYS FEEL THE SAME WAY, ALL
RIGHT!
>> Stephen: POLITICS IS -- IT'S STICK YMPLETS YEAH.
>> Stephen: IT CAN GET ON YOU.
IT CAN GET ON YOU.
>> Stephen: IF YOU GET TOO CLOSE IT GETS ON YOU THEN YOU
HAVE TO GET THE GASOLINE TO GET THE TAR OFF.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU DO BELIEVE IN MAKING CHANGE
AND CONTRIBUTING TO OUR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS BECAUSE YOU HAVE
CREATED A FUND THAT JUST DONATED -- YOU RAISED AND HAVE
DONATED $2.12 MILLION TO CHICAGO -- $2.2 MILLION TO
CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT YOU
CREATED AND WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF THIS DONATION?
>> OKAY, SO SOCIAL WORKS IS THE NONPROFIT I WORK WITH IN
CHICAGO, AND WE WORK ON CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION, YOUTH
EDUCATION.
SO, YEAH, ONE OF OUR INITIATIVES THIS YEAR WAS SUPPORT CPS, AND
BASICALLY DUE TO BUDGET IMPASSES AND -- WE WERE JUST TALKING
ABOUT POLITICS, GOING BACK AND FORTH, PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT
KEEPING THEIR JOBS AND NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THEIR CONSTITUENTS
BEING HAPPY.
THOSE PEOPLE CREATED A BUDGET IMPASSE WHERE ILLINOIS COULDN'T
AGREE ON A STATE BUDGET.
SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY STOP FUNDING THE IMPORTANT, LIKE,
CITY, YOU KNOW, FUNDED AND STATE FUNDED OPERATIONS.
ONE OF THEM BEING SCHOOLS.
SO OUR SCHOOLS WENT THREE YEARS UNDERFUNDED BEFORE MY NOT-PROFIT
AND A LOT OF BRAVE PEOPLE IN CHICAGO AND ALL OVER THE UNITED
STATES STEPPED IN AND PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON IT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID, LIKE YOU SAID, WAS RAISE A BUNCH OF
MONEY FOR A FUND CALLED THE NEW CHANCE FUND WHICH FUNDS ARTS AND
LITERATURE PROGRAMS AND ALL THINGS EDUCATION-WISE FOR
DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
I'M SORRY.
I'M NOT REALLY GOOD AT EXPLAINING IT.
THERE IS SO MUCH INFORMATION.
>> Stephen: THAT'S PERFECTLY CLEAR.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THAT'S PERFECTLY CLEAR.
>> THE OVERALL POINT IS THAT NATIONALLY, NOT JUST IN CHICAGO,
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE WAY THAT WE FUND SCHOOLS AND MAKE SURE
THAT THERE'S EQUITY AND EQUALITY IN OUR KIDS' EDUCATION.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: CAN I ASK YOU
ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO YOUR FAITH AND THE CHURCH GROWING UP?
>> DEFINITELY.
>> Stephen: YOU SAID THAT SINGING IS PRAYING TWICE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
>> WELL, I MEAN, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO PRAY, AND WHEN YOU
WORSHIP IN SONG, THERE'S JUST, I DON'T KNOW, THIS -- YOU'RE ABLE
TO DO IT WITH MUCH MORE FERVOR, OR AT LEAST I AM.
I THINK I THOUGHT I SOUNDED POETIC WHEN I SAID IT.
NOW WHEN YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT IT, IT'S, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: TO ME THE WORDS HAVE THEIR OWN MEANING BUT THE
EXPRESSION OF YOUR HEART COMES THROUGH IN THE SOUND IN THE WAY
THE WORDS CAN'T CAPTURE, THE SAME WAY THE PARABLES OF CHRIST
TELL A STORY THAT CANNOT BE TOLD IN ANY OTHER WAY, THE SOUND OF
THE SONG SPEAKS IN WORDS THAT WE CAN'T REACH.
THAT'S WHAT IT MEANT TO ME.
>> THAT'S WHY WE'RE FRIENDS.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: DO YOU STILL GO TO
CHURCH?
>> I STILL GO TO CHURCH.
>> Stephen: IS YOUR GRORPTER STILL WITH US?
>> YES, MY GRANDMOTHER IS STILL WITH US.
SHE CALLS ME A LOT AND I ALWAYS TRY TO PICK UP AND HAVE A FUN
CONVERSATION.
BUT, YEAH, WE STILL GO TO CHURCH.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE HYMN YOU SING WHEN YOU
GO TO CHURCH THAT YOU WANT THE WANT THE TO TRANSFORM AND PUT A
BEAT TO?
>> YEAH, MY FAVORITE HYMN IS NEWS THE DAY.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW THAT ONE.
♪ THIS IS THE DAY ♪ >> Stephen: THE LORD HAS MADE.
THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
♪ THIS IS THE DAY ♪ ♪ THIS IS THE DAY ♪
♪ THAT THE LORD HAS MADE ♪ ♪ I WILL REJOICE, REJOICE ♪
♪ AND BE GLAD IN IT ♪ THAT'S MY ARRANGEMENT OF IT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: YOU'RE DOING A NEW SONG FOR US TONIGHT.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: A SONG NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD BEFORE OTHER THAN YOU
AND YOUR BAND AND YOUR COLLABORATOR DANIEL CAESAR.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: AND WHAT'S THE SONG?
WHAT'S IT ABOUT?
>> SO, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW THIS, I FEEL LIKE WE CAN JUST SAY THIS
ON TV, SO I WAS SUPPOSED TO COME AND PERFORM AND I WAS GOING TO
DO GROWN-ASS KID, AND THEN I CALLED YOU ON SATURDAY AND SAID
I CAN'TO DO GROWN-ASS KID ANYMORE FOR REASONS I DON'T WANT
TO TALK ABOUT.
BASICALLY, WE HAD TO COME UP WITH A SONG IN A MATTER OF DAYS
AND I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FRESH.
I HAVE BEEN IN THE STUDIO A LOT LATELY, I HAVE BEEN COOKING UP
SOME YAMMERS LIKE THIS.
( LAUGHTER ) THEY'RE HONESTLY GREAT.
I PREMIERED ANGELS.
I DID THAT HERE.
I THOUGHT, WHY NOT DO A NEW SONG GROWR GUYS HERE TONIGHT.
>> Stephen: YOU WROTE THIS -- TWO DAYS AGO.
>> Stephen: WE'RE HONORED.
LOVE YOU, THANK YOU AGAIN, MAN. >> Stephen: STICK AROUND.
HE WILL PERFORM BRAND-NEW MUSIC YOU NEVER HEARD BUT WANT TO. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
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