Chance the Rapper's Rise to Fame

By Andy Sukolsky

  • Chance the Rapper begins working on "10 Day".

    Chance releases his first single "Windows" to datpiff and announces his plans for "10 Day"

  • 10 Day mixtape is released

    10 Day mixtape is released
    10 Day was Chance's first official mix tape. The tape was streamed over 400,000 times and reached over 300,000 downloads on Datpiff.com

  • Chances releases second mixtape, "Acid Rap"

    Chances releases second mixtape, "Acid Rap"
    Labeled as "Diamond" on datpiff.com meaning that it accumulated over 1 million downloads. The album debuted at number 63 on Billboard Top 100 Hip Hop Albums. Acid Rap was a best mixtape nominee for the 2013 BET Awards. The album also made Rolling Stones 50 Best Albums of 2013 list and was first on their Top Mixtapes of 2013 List.

  • The Social Experiment releases Surf

    The Social Experiment releases Surf
    Chance's group The Social Experiment release their first album as a free download on Itunes. The album reached over 618,000 downloads as well as 10 Million individual track downloads. Robert Christgau named it the sixth best album of 2015 in his ballot for The Village Voice's "Pazz & Jop" list.