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Chance The Rapper Put His Message At The Forefront During His ‘Yah Know’ Performance On ‘Fallon’

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Chance The Rapper dropped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Not only did he give a funny interview, but he also took the studio stage to perform his recent song, “Yah Know.”

It starts off with Chance surrounded by red lighting, giving off the impression that he’s in a box just before he starts to rap. However, once things kick off, the stage setup perfectly matches the song’s beat, introducing a medley of colors as it picks up.

His performance slows down the pacing of the original and has stunning choral background vocals, even though he’s the only one on stage. Given that the uploaded video of “Yah Know” also has the lyrics written across the screen, it further emphasizes what he’s saying.

“Hold my hand if you scared, hold my hand if you cried / Hold my hand and I’ll drive, close your eyes and I’ll steer / I’m not woke, I’m just tired / I’m not floatin’, I’m flyin’ / I’m not broken, I’m fine / I’m outspoken, I stay on code when I’m out in the open online,” he raps on the first verse.

Recently, he also dropped a second visual for the song, as a historical context version of the lyrics he’s performing for Black History Month.

Check out his “Yah Know” performance above.

Chance The Rapper Just Wants To Eat A ‘Personal Pep’ Pizza From Pizza Hut While He Shops At Target Again

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Chance The Rapper finally explained a mysterious tweet of his. Last night (March 6) on an episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the “Yah Know” rapper took a break from his busy schedule filming The Voice for an interview and a live performance.

During the interview, Fallon asked Chance about a tweet he posted last month, in which he said he was “trying to get @Target and @pizzahut to SQUASH THE BEEF.”

Fallon asked Chance what exactly he meant by this, to which he replied reminiscing on a time when Target shoppers could purchase a personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut while they shopped, and reeled over the fact that Target stores no longer have Pizza Huts in store.

“I can’t be the only person that’s noticing this,” said Chance. “Do you guys not remember a time when you used to go to Target, and you would have a cart in one hand and a personal pep pizza in the other? What’s going on, Target? I just feel like… I don’t know, there’s like a silent beef going on.”

Though he misses those iconic personal-sized pizzas, Chance admitted that Target is still one of his favorite places to shop.

“Target’s amazing,” said Chance. “They’ve got everything — they’ve got household appliances, they’ve got produce.”

Could Chance be the one to convince Target and Pizza Hut to reinstate their partnership? It’s not unlikely. After all, he was able to convince Wendy’s to bring back their spicy chicken nuggets to their menu back in 2019.

You can check out the interview above.

Chance The Rapper Honors Historical Black Figures In His Second Visual For ‘Yah Know’

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As Black History Month comes to an end, Chance The Rapper is reminding us of his inspirations and the moments that shaped our nation. Today (February 24), Chance has shared a second version of his visual for “Yah Know.” This one offers historical context to the songs and the people and moments to which he alludes in the lyrics.

Some of the notable lines on the song include “Blueprints in an unzipped file / Akwaaba, medaase / That’s the end of my speech / Tell ’em, ‘Spread the word from Osu to Kumasi’ / This for Dr. Kwame, Selassie and Nnamdi / Tell ’em, ‘Free the youth or we gon’ free the army’ / Pray no man can harm me, can’t no man can harm me.” The visual element juxtaposes these lines with images and footage of these people and moments.

In a recent interview with XXL, Chance detailed his upcoming album, Star Line Gallery, and noted that it will have a unique sound, which he says can’t be replicated.

“I don’t think it sounds like anybody else,” Chance said. “I actually know it doesn’t sound like anybody else. But it is very influenced by a culture and a lineage and a legacy that precedes me. You can expect it to be very Black. It’s not necessarily drenched in trauma or it doesn’t necessarily have that Black sense of humor. It’s really me and my travels, creating new friendships, getting better in my different art forms such as videography and cinematography. And it’s me just bearing witness to what I see and bearing who I am.”

You can watch the visual above.