>> Reporter: WITH HIS CRAFTY
WORDS AND CLEVER BEATS, CHANCE
THE RAPPER IS SHAKING UP THE
MUSIC INDUSTRY.
RELEASING ON HIS OWN MUSIC
LABEL, HE'S THE FIRST
STREAMING-ONLY ARTIST TO WIN NOT
JUST ONE GRAMMY BUT THREE.
>> MY HEART IS BROKEN TODAY.
>> Reporter: CHANCE ALSO DOESN'T
MINCE WORDS.
>> THE TRUTH IS WE HAVE A LOT OF
POWER.
>> Reporter: AND HE'S BEEN VERY
OUTSPOKEN IN THE WAKE OF GEORGE
FLOYD'S DEATH.
>> THIS IS A TRAUMA US
AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE TO DEAL
WITH EVERY TIME Y'ALL DO THIS.
>> Reporter: CHANCE REVEALING
HIS OWN PERSONAL RUN-INS WITH
POLICE.
>> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK
AT ME AS A PERSON WITH MONEY,
INFLUENCE, POWER, THAT DOESN'T
DEAL WITH A LOT OF ISSUES.
BUT I STILL HAVE PTSD FROM MY
RUN-INS WITH OFFICERS.
I'VE HAD KNEES IN MY BACK.
>> Reporter: ON SOCIAL MEDIA,
CHANCE CALLING FOR A NEW
NATIONAL UNITED BLACK FRONT
TWEETING, DEFUND THE POLICE.
AND ALSO WRITING #BLACK LIVES
MATTER AND NOW IS THE PERFECT
TIME FOR A REVOLUTION.
JUST BEFORE GEORGE FLOYD'S
DEATH, I CAUGHT UP WITH CHANCE
AS HE'S HUNKERING DOWN WITH HIS
FAMILY IN CHICAGO.
IT IS A CRAZY TIME IN THE WORLD.
YOU'RE WITH YOUR WIFE AND TWO
BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS.
HOW HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN HOLDING
UP?
>> WE'RE GOOD.
WE'RE GETTING THROUGH IT.
SHE IS AN AMAZING MOTHER AND
PARTNER.
THIS IS THE BEST TIME IN THE
WORLD TO GET TO REALLY SPEND
TIME WITH YOUR KIDS.
>> Reporter: THEIR KIDS
4-YEAR-OLD KENSLY AND
9-MONTH-OLD BABY MARLEY.
YOU'VE BEEN SHOWING ALL OF US
DADS AT HOME UP.
WHAT YOU DOING?
>> WE DID A VOLCANO EXPERIMENT.
WE DID A SEA MONKEYS PROJECT.
CHANCE.
I TAUGHT MY 5-YEAR-OLD HOW TO
PLAY FORTNITE.
MY WIFE WANTS TO KILL ME.
THERE'S HIS OTHER PROJECT, OF
COURSE.
HIS MUSIC.
AND HE'S BEEN MANAGING TO WORK
ON SOME NEW MATERIAL.NG A LITTL
BIT AT THE CRIB AND I LIVE NEXT
DOOR TO MY STUDIO.
SO I'VE GONE DOWN THERE A COUPLE
OF TIMES.
>> Reporter: AND AT HOME,
CHANCE'S DAUGHTER KENSLY IS
EDGING IN ON THE ACTION.
>> I HAVE A HAND HELD
MICROPHONE, LIKE THE ACTUAL
ONES.
MY DAUGHTER PICKED IT UP AND
STARTED SINGING.
>> Reporter: YOU'D NEVER SEEN
THAT BEFORE?
>> NEVER.
NEVER IN MY LIFE.
>> Reporter: AT JUST 27, CHANCE
IS ALSO WELL KNOWN FOR HIS
ACTIVISM.
>> THIS SERIES AIMS TO INSPIRE
AND EDUCATE.
>> Reporter: AND IN HIS HOMETOWN
OF CHICAGO THROUGH HIS NONPROFIT
SOCIAL WORKS, CHANCE HELPS
SHOWCASE ARTISTS ON AN ONGOING
OPEN MIC SERIES.
>> YOU GOT TO BE FAST ON YOUR
FEET.
>> Reporter: RECENT ONLINE
WINNERS INCLUDE THESE.
MIKE HUFF.
♪
AND GRAPHIC ARTIST CHRISTOPHER
HARRISON TALKING TO ME ABOUT
THEIR CRAFT WHEN THEIR
INSPIRATION WEIGHED IN AS A
SURPRISE.
>> WHAT'S UP?
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> Reporter: CHANCE, HOW GREAT
ARE THESE TWO?
>> AMAZING.
TOP OF THE CLASS.
I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS WITH THIS
WHOLE PANDEMIC AND SCHOOLS
CLOSING.
IT JUST SHOWS YOU GUYS ARE
DEDICATED TO YOUR CRAFT.
>> Reporter: WHEN IT COMES TO
GIVING BACK, IT'S SOMETHING
CHANCE PUTS ON TOP.
YOU KNOW HOW MANY RAPPERS I'VE
INTERVIEWED AND ARTISTS I'VE
TALKED TO.
I SELDOMLY HEAR THIS SENSE OF
CARING SO MUCH ABOUT CHICAGO.
YOU DON'T JUST TALK ABOUT IT.
YOU DO IT.
WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM?
YOUR FAITH, YOUR FAMILY?
IS IT JUST YOU?
>> I THINK IT'S INDIRECTLY MY
FAITH.
I GET A LOT OF MY UNDERSTANDING
OF KINDNESS FROM MY MOM.
AND THEN MY DAD AND HIS SIDE OF
THE FAMILY WERE ALL COMMUNITY
ORGANIZERS.
MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER MARCHED
WITH KING AND ORGANIZED.
MY GRANDMOTHERALL THEM HAPPEN M.
♪ WE GIVE THE GLORY TO YOU GOD ♪
>> Reporter: HELPING HIS
COMMUNITY IS PART OF CHANCE'S
DNA.
AND SO IS HIS FAITH.
YOU AND I BOTH SHARE A GREAT
SENSE OF FAITH.
MY FAITH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING IN MY LIFE.
YOU KNOW, FAITH, MY FAMILY, MY
FRIENDS, HAVING SOME FUN.
HOW MUCH HAVE YOU BEEN LEANING
ON GOD DURING THIS KIND OF CRAZY
TIME?
AND WHAT HAS THAT SPIRITUAL
CONVERSATION BEEN LIKE IF YOU
DON'T MIND SHARING?
>> I'M GLAD YOU ASKED.
IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST I'VE BEEN
IN THE WORD AND READING THE
BIBLE, LIKE, IN A FEW YEARS.
YOU KNOW, FEAR AND WORRY IS
LIKE, YOU KNOW, POINTLESS JUST
IN TERMS OF THE THINGS WE HAVE
NO CONTROL OVER.
WE JUST HAVE CONTROL OVER HOW
MUCH FAITH WE PUT IN GOD.
>> GUYS, THIS IS ONE IMPRESSIVE
YOUNG MAN.
FORGET HIS AGE.
HE'S NOT EVEN 30.
HE'S 27.
BUT WHAT STRIKES ME ABOUT CHANCE
IS HIS ABILITY TO FIND BALANCE
IN HIS LIFE THAT WE ALL STRUGGLE
WITH.
THIS IS A GUY WHO IS PASSIONATE.
YOU'LL SEE HIM DOWN AT HERALD
WASHINGTON CULTURAL CENTER
ACTUALLY TALKING THE TALK.
HE IS UNIQUELY SPIRITUAL AND
HUMBLE WHILE HIS ACTIVISM IS
STRONG.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, HE'S
A GIVER.
HE'S GIVEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
TO THE SAME PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
IN CHICAGO THAT HE GREW UP IN.
HE IS ALL ACTION.
IT'S JUST IMPRESSIVE.
NOT TO MENTION HE'S CHANCE THE
RAPPER, ONE OF THE BEST OUT
THERE TO DO IT.
>> ONE OF THE BEST WRITERS,
CARSON, IN ALL OF MUSIC.
AND YOU WOULD APPRECIATE THIS.
A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE INDUSTRY
HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE'S
TRANSFORMED MUSIC AS WELL.
HE DIDN'T NEED A BIG DEAL TO BE
A BIG DEAL.
>> HE DIDN'T.
YEAH.
HE GOT HIS OWN LABEL GOING.
HE HELD ONTO HIS MASTERS.
THE PARADIGM HAS SHIFTED SINCE
THE MTV DAYS.
HE'S A LEADER AND INNOVATOR IN
EVERY LEVEL AND SPECTRUM.
HE'S JUST IMPRESSIVE.
>> AND BY THE WAY, MY KIDS WERE
WATCHING "SESAME STREET" THE
OTHER DAY A