{"id":921265,"date":"2026-10-05T08:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T08:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/921265\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T08:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T08:04:11","slug":"chance-the-rapper-is-considering-changing-his-name-to-just-the-rapper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/921265\/","title":{"rendered":"Chance the Rapper Is Considering Changing His Name to Just &#8220;The Rapper&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent years, <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/chance-the-rapper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chance the Rapper<\/a> has heard plenty of suggestions that he drop \u201cThe Rapper\u201d from his stage name. His response, essentially: no chance. During an appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/tag\/raven-symone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Raven-Symon\u00e9<\/a> and Miranda Maday\u2019s Tea Time podcast, he said he may soon shorten his longtime moniker to something even more definitive, dropping \u201cChance\u201d altogether. \u201cI\u2019m gonna take off the Chance,\u201d he said. \u201cI just wanna be The Rapper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The potential change isn\u2019t about distancing himself from hip-hop \u2013 quite the opposite. During the conversation, Chance said the idea has been on his mind for a while, adding, \u201cI just really love the art form, I really love words.\u201d He described writing and performing as the core of who he is, and said he wants his name to reflect that relationship with rap rather than move away from it. \u201cI wanna carry rap the same way that rap has carried me through life,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vivid-seats.pxf.io\/c\/1882189\/952533\/12730?subId1=chance-the-rapper%2Aconsidering-changing-name-to-the-rapper-button&amp;subId2=&amp;subId3=&amp;sharedid=&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vividseats.com%2Fchance-the-rapper-tickets%2Fperformer%2F31011\" class=\"button button-ticket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get Chance the Rapper Tickets Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That idea arrives after a turbulent stretch in Chance\u2019s career. Following the enormous acclaim surrounding <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2016\/05\/album-review-chance-the-rapper-coloring-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Coloring Book<\/a>, his 2019 debut studio album<a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2019\/07\/album-review-chance-the-rapper-the-big-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> The Big Day<\/a> debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 but was later met with a much harsher critical and fan response. Its supporting tour was <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2019\/12\/chance-the-rapper-cancels-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">eventually canceled<\/a>, and Chance went six years without releasing another album. He has since acknowledged how deeply the backlash affected him, saying in 2025 that the criticism caused him to second-guess himself and his future in music. Star Line, released later that year, marked his first full-length since The Big Day and the beginning of a more deliberate return to the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>For now, Chance the Rapper remains Chance the Rapper as he finishes out his <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/05\/chance-the-rapper-coloring-book-10th-anniversary-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cColoring Book 10 Year Anniversary Tour,\u201d<\/a> which has him performing the landmark 2016 mixtape in full. The run concludes October 11th in Pittsburgh. His most recent album, Star Line, arrived in August 2025.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In recent years, Chance the Rapper has heard plenty of suggestions that he drop \u201cThe Rapper\u201d from his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":921266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-921265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=921265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/921266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}