Chance The Rapper's Next Philanthropy Mission Is About Making Sure Everyone Gets A 'Chance At Greatness'

Chance the Rapper may not be releasing an album this week, contrary to previous reports. The confusion was warranted considering that his interview with the Chicago Tribune teased that a new project was arriving "in time for the Special Olympics" — the 50th Anniversary concert of which he is producing and headlining on Saturday (July 21).


Nevertheless, the update isn't all bad news. While in the discussion, the "Forever Always" rapper did describe in a very inspirational manner why his commitment to supporting The unique Olympics is important.


"I haven’t done as much work as possible with the intellectual and physical disabilities community," Chance perplexing. However in general we’ve been about access, just attempting to create ensure each person is given their chance at greatness. And greatness isn’t something segregated. Once I looked into the history of The individual Olympics, that it began here 50 years prior and why several [Special Olympics] athletes we have in Chicago — 7,000 — I felt we should be a segment of it."


Throughout the interview, Chance also opened up about the challenges of networking with with artists in the major label system once you're independent.


"Music has value," he continued. "I put my music out there for free because I wanted people to be able to see and notice it as a beacon for what I’m doing, in terms of how unconventional I wanted my approach and my delivery each segment of music to be... The bigger concern for artists right now is navigating the legal issues of owning your music, your publishing, your distribution. It has been tough for me to release music with artists who work with the majors. A lot of stuff I’ve worked on hasn’t come out since Coloring Book because it’s hard."


Hopefully the labels back off of Chance because we need that Kanye West-produced seven-song album.