-I'm so happy to see you every time.
How's everything going upstairs on "Saturday Night Live?"
-It's crazy. -It's nuts, right?
-It's a lot of moving around.
It's a lot of duties and responsibilities.
But it's amazing. -Did you ever think
that you would ever host and musical guest?
-It honestly has been a dream for me since I was a little kid.
My older cousin Chris
used to have all this MC Hammer memorabilia.
-Sure. -I guess it wasn't memorabilia,
'cause it was current. -At the time.
-Yeah. At the time, it was -- Yeah, but now it's memorabilia.
-It was passed down to me, and it became memorabilia,
and he had all this stuff, and one of them was a VHS recording
of MC Hammer hosting and musical guest at "SNL."
So I just always wanted to do that.
-Since Hammer. -Since Hammer.
-Hammer time, man, yeah. -Got out the hammer, yo.
-Absolutely.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Last time you were on our show,
we announced the name of the album,
the release date. -Yes.
-And it was a big deal. -We did a lot that day.
-We did a lot that day. We got a lot accomplished.
And since then, it's been streamed
over 100 million times on Spotify.
-Thanks to you guys. Thanks to you.
-I mean, come on. "Big Day."
"The Big Day" is the name of the record,
but honestly, this is kind of inspired by your actual big day.
-Yeah. -You got married.
And you had a beautiful wedding.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Oh, hey.
That's gorgeous. -Yeah.
-That's a nice ring. Here's a picture of --
[ Laughter ]
Here's a picture of your wedding party.
-I saw you posted this --
Everyone's wearing -- Yeah, everyone's wearing a nice tuxedo
except for Kanye.
That's fine. [ Laughter ]
He's always getting into trouble, man. Come on.
No, you just can't tell Kanye what to do.
-He does his -- He does his thing.
-No, he does his thing. How is he as a wedding guest?
Is he a fun wedding guest? -Yeah, he's awesome.
What I remember is he tried to join the wedding band.
Like, they were playing music.
-Really?
-But he didn't have his setup, his beat machine,
so he just kind of stood next to them.
We're like, "What --" [ Laughter ]
-He's ready to go.
If someone had a beat machine, he would have been there.
-He would've been there.
-You delayed your tour... -Yeah.
-...for a good reason. -Yeah.
-And I want to show everyone the good reason.
-Yeah. -You just had your --
Is this your second daughter?
-Yes, that's my youngest daughter.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Aww.
-That's my baby.
Yeah.
-How beautiful is that?
-Yeah, she --
I'm on --
-Two little girls.
-Yeah, two beautiful girls.
Yeah, I'm on paternity leave right now.
-Yeah, just doing your -- Yeah.
-Taking care of business at home.
-Say goodbye to sleep, yeah. Sleep is gone.
How old is the oldest?
-She's 4. Kensli's 4, and Marli is 2 months now.
It's crazy, actually.
Kensli's first time being on a flight
was to come to my first "SNL" performance,
and now my youngest daughter Marli
just got off of her first flight to come see me at "SNL."
-That's her first flight. That's good luck for you.
-Oh, yeah.
-That's great.
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Not only do I like your music, but I like you as a person, too.
You're great to talk to. -Thank you.
-But as a philanthropist,
you give so much back to your hometown of Chicago.
You've given $1 million to Chicago public schools.
You've given... [ Cheers and applause ]
...$1 million
to mental health services in Chicago, which is --
[ Cheers and applause ]
I love that you do that. I really do.
I love that you do that.
Tell me about -- What is OpenMike?
-Oh, OpenMike. Oh, that's a good one, yeah.
So, in Chicago, my nonprofit SocialWorks
has an open mic program that we do once a month,
and basically, it's kind of the antithesis of a talent show.
We just have kids that are young creators,
whether they're writers or, you know, rappers, poets,
dancers, comedians, actors,
like, just young kids that are in high school come up,
and they get three minutes onstage
to do and say whatever they want to do.
And hopefully, you know, the next "SNL" guest or host
is coming out of the program.
-Yeah, absolutely. I hope so. Hope that's true.
[ Cheers and applause ]
I think you're the only album --
You're the only artist out there that has a duet with --
I'm just going to name some names right here.
I mean, En Vogue.
You have --
Yeah, sure. Megan Thee Stallion --
You have Megan Thee Stallion and Randy Newman on the same album.
-Randy Newman's on there.
-I mean, who does that?
I mean, it's great. Gucci Mane.
I mean, these are --
I just love that you see Nicki Minaj
and then Randy Newman just keeps popping back up again.
How did you get involved with Randy Newman?
-I mean, I've always wanted to work with Randy Newman.
The first movie my parents took me to the theaters to see
was "Toy Story," so I just like, from a young age, was familiar.
And then I got more familiar as I got older, and --
-You love him. -Yeah, he's just --
He's an amazing artist. Great to work with.
Everybody on the album, for the most part, you know,
came to Chicago to work with me
and just, like, put a great energy into it.
I think it's such a diverse cast
because so many, you know, different sounds
that you play on your wedding day.
So they all kind of tap in in different places.
-It's a great record, and you're a great dude.
-Thank you, thank you. -Always good to see you.
Chance the Rapper, everybody.
"The Big Day" is available now.