Chance the Rapper (real name: Chancelor Johnathan Bennett) is an American rapper who rose to fame following the release of his debut mixtape 10 Day. His second mixtape, acid rap, earned him more praise and recognition. Chance established themselves as a global act with their 2016 mixtape, acid rap.
The mixtape became the first broadcast-only award winner to win a Grammy Award. The mixtape earned Chance three Grammy Awards: Best New Artist, Best Rap Performance, and Rap Album of the Year. Chance released his debut album, The big dayon July 26, 2019.
This piece will focus on Chance the Rapper’s wife, Kirsten Corley.
Contents
- 1 Chance and Kirsten met at a party when Chance was nine years old and married 16 years later.
- 2 Kirsten and Chance almost separated after the birth of their first child Kensli
- 3 Kirsten spoke out in favor of embracing the postpartum body before the birth of the couple’s second child, Marl.
- 4 Chance credits Kirsten with helping him transform his life by introducing him to Christianity.
Chance and Kirsten met at a party when Chance was nine years old and married 16 years later.
Kirsten Corley was born on May 31, 1993 in Chicago, Illinois. She was raised by her mother Janice alongside her sister Krystal. Chance first saw Kirsten during one of her mother’s office parties. She wasn’t interested in the party, but an announcement that Destiny’s Child was about to perform caught her eye.
Instead of Destiny’s Child, there were three girls playing Independent Women. Chance was initially relieved that there were other children at the party before one of the girls, Kirsten, wowed him with her performance. wrote on Twitter:
“I am now looking into the eyes of the most beautiful girl I have ever seen in my almost decade of life on earth. And I promise I can feel that she really shouldn’t say eyes closed because really, she was just looking at her.”
Chance had shown himself to be a skilled dancer, but refused his father’s request to show off his skills. Instead, he blended into the crowd and didn’t even introduce himself to Kirsten. However, sixteen years later, he danced with Kirsten as his wife. “16 years later it is happening”, he wrote. “This week is the time, and the rhythm is my wedding. I’m going to dance with my wife because this is my destiny.”
Chance proposed to Kirsten on July 4, 2018, surrounded by family and friends during a festive gathering. The couple’s friends and family cheered as Chance asked Corley, “Will you make me a man and be my wife?”
“She said yes,” Chance announced via Twitter. The couple are reported to have been legally married on December 27, 2018 in a civil ceremony held at the Cook County Clerk’s office. The couple celebrated their union through a ceremony held on March 9, 2019 at the Resort at Pelican Hill. Celebrities like Dave Chappelle and Kanye West attended the wedding. Chance detailed Kirsten’s value in her life via the following birthday message from 2018:
“From the beginning beginning to the final end. You are my oldest friend. You are responsible for each of the most wonderful things in my life. I will always be grateful that God made me find you, and even more grateful that you made me find God. Always and forever baby. Happy Birthday.”
Kirsten and Chance almost separated after the birth of their first child Kensli
Kirsten and Chance welcomed their first child, Kensli, in September 2015. In May 2016, Kirsten went to court seeking child support orders. In February 2017, Kerstin reopened the case and attempted to reach a long-term child support agreement with Chance. The Chicago Sunshine Times he dug up documents from Kirsten’s lawyers that claimed that Chance was continuing to thwart liquidation efforts. The docs say:
“Basically, Kirsten is being held hostage at Chancelor’s residence since on one hand he won’t help her with the support she needs to get her own residence unless this whole thing is resolved on her terms, but on the other hand , Kirsten is unaware of what specific objections Chancelor has to her counterproposal and would therefore be impossible to resolve.”
Chance did not take kindly to the piece of The Chicago Sunshine Times. In an Instagram video with Corley and Kensli, opportunity said, “You guys better do your job and stop worrying about how good my family is.” “Sun-Times, fuck you,” she added. Later that month, the Chicago Sunshine Hours reported that Chance and Kirsten had reached an agreement regarding child support.
“I’m going to give Chance and Kirsten a huge credit for working together to reach an agreement that’s fair for their daughter, fair for both of them,” said Tanya Stanish, Chance’s former attorney. Upon reaching the agreement, Chance and Corley stopped living together and agreed to share parental responsibility.
Kirsten and Chance eventually reconnected and resolved their differences. They are happily married, but Corley admitted that their relationship isn’t perfect. She attached the following caption along with a family photo:
“I hope that when you look at us, you don’t see ‘the perfect family.’ I hope you see two imperfect human beings doing their best to cultivate a home rooted in Love and Grace. Marriage is difficult. It would be irresponsible to say otherwise, or to give everyone the impression that it’s a walk in the park. It forces you to confront A LOT of parts of yourself that you didn’t know were there.”
Kirsten spoke out in favor of embracing the postpartum body before the birth of the couple’s second child, Marl.
Kirsten and Chance welcomed their second daughter, Marli, in September 2019. Corley announced the birth via an adorable photo of the girl in overalls. As with Kensli, Chance and Corley waited a while before showing Marli’s face on social media. In April 2019, Kirsten announced that she would not be making any effort to lose the pregnancy weight. She shared photos of her 18-week-old tummy and attached the following caption:
“Body shaming is crazy. Especially during pregnancy and postpartum. Why do we brag about how skinny we look when we’re pregnant and how fast we can recover after giving birth? I promise to be patient with my body this time, even if I don’t show it. Let’s stop putting pressure on ourselves to recover like postpartum isn’t hard enough.”
Chance credits Kirsten with helping him transform his life by introducing him to Christianity.
In mid-2019, Chance told Nicki Minaj that Kirsten changed her life by introducing her to Christianity. In an interview about radio queenChance revealed that the song let’s go high it’s about how Kirsten transformed her life. “I explain to him that my wife literally saved my life by becoming celibate and getting baptized,” Chance added that he is glad Kirsten accepted him after her split from her in 2016:
“This was all after Coloring Book, after I proclaimed that I love Jesus, and all that… Then when my little girl was kind enough to welcome me back, my life changed completely. Now I know exactly where it all came from.”
Chance’s family has grown closer after spending time together during quarantine. said the rapper Parents that he and Kerstin have not yet had faith discussions with their children, but that the children will grow up in a Christian environment. He revealed that, after the rise of the BLM movement, they spoke to Kensli about his identity:
“My children are small. Mainly, we have been teaching Kensli to love herself, to understand that her opinion is important, to understand that Black is beautiful and that Black power is her superpower. Marli, I’ve just been trying to teach him to walk.
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