*Chance The Rapper opened up about the inspiration behind his mixtape hit, “Paranoia,” and Chicago’s gun violence on the CNN documentary series, “Chicagoland.”
“There’s a lot of Chicago influence that I put into the music—Soul, Jazz influence, Rock influence, House music—just a lot of sounds that stem from Chicago, the Chicago Hip Hop scene,” he said. “It’s very chill right now, especially in comparison to the way Chicago is.”
Chance’s track, “Paranoia,” from his “Acid Rap” mixtape, talks about the death of his friend Kevin Ambrose and gun violence in Chicago.
“It’s about the people that are affected beyond the two people that have a confrontation,” he said. “It’s really just about putting the death of a young innocent person in front of a bunch of people’s faces.”
His father Ken Bennett added, “I remember waking up that morning, Chance was pretty upset,” he said. “I asked him what happened and he told me, ‘Kevin got killed last night.’ There are a lot of challenges they’re facing and I’m concerned about Chance everyday.”
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