Why Does Chance The Rapper Wear a 3?

Chance the Rapper said in an interview that the number 3 has to do with his third mixtape, Coloring Book. He said, “I just thought that that made the most sense because it was the third project”.

Born and raised in Chicago, Chance began to gain mainstream recognition in 2013 after releasing his second mixtape, 10 Day in 2012.

The mixtape earned him three Grammy Awards, including the award for Best Rap Album, upon winning, it became the first streaming-only album to win a Grammy Award and peaked at number eight on the Billboard 200.

Aside from his solo career, Chance is a member of the Chicago collective Savemoney, and is the vocalist for the band the Social Experiment, they released the album, Surf in 2015, led by trumpeter Nico Segal.