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Chance the Rapper is opening up about co-parenting with his ex-wife as he prepares to release a new album and go on a national tour.<\/p>\n
The rapper from Chicago stopped by the \u201cCBS Morning\u201d<\/u><\/a> studio on Monday to discuss the release of his second studio album, \u201cStar Line.\u201d Chance, whose real name is Chancelor Bennett, described the new EP as his \u201cmost expansive work.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt covers a lot of different areas in my life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Chance etched his way into the music world after recording a mixtape during a high school suspension<\/a>. He self-released “10 Days” in 2012 and began his career as an independent artist, a path that he continues to follow.<\/p>\n He followed up his debut LP with “Acid Rap” a year later, and “Coloring Book” in 2016. In 2023, Chance celebrated the 10th anniversary of his second mixtape by performing the entire tape at the Kia Forum.<\/p>\n “I wrote [Acid Rap] when I was opening up for artists playing 300-cap rooms. I\u2019m rapping about doing open mics but closing my eyes and seeing arenas. Going back and playing arenas for that project just makes me proud,” Chance said in a 2023 interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n Now, the rapper behind tracks like \u201cCocoa Butter Kisses\u201d and \u201cNo Problem\u201d said his new album reflects the change his personal life has gone through in the last six years, including his divorce from Kirsten Corley<\/a>, with whom he shares two children.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s always just a good thing to, as an artist \u2026 release and to like, you know, just share with the world,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n The couple married back in 2019 and announced their separation last year on their Instagram. Corley filed for divorce<\/u><\/a> in December 2024. They continue to raise their two young daughters together.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know, family is like one of the biggest things for me, for [Corley], for my kids, for my mom and dad, so I think the most important thing for anybody that\u2019s ever navigating [parenting after a divorce] is making sure that you keep an environment for the kids where they understand that [family is] the priority,\u201d Bennett said.<\/p>\n His last album, \u201cThe Big Day,\u201d was released in 2019. Chance the Rapper is releasing his follow-up on Friday and will go on tour starting in September, with a stop in L.A. on Oct. 20.<\/p>\n