The influence Kanye West had on Chance the Rapper is extremely apparent. You can tell just by how passionate his verse was on “Ultralight Beam” in 2016. “ I made ‘Sunday Candy’, I’m never going to hell/I met Kanye West, I’m never going to fail,” he rapped, referencing Ye’s verse on “Otis”.

However, as informative as Kanye was to Chance’s artistry and journey to rap stardom, it didn’t do him any favors in the school halls. In a 2013 interview with Complex , the Chicago MC recalled how school was the furthest thing from his mind.

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Despite his family emphasizing the importance of education, College Dropout made him feel as if none of it mattered. “I was a mad impressionable kid, and every skit from The College Dropout was telling me how I didn’t need school.…