Chance The Rapper Real Name:Chancelor Johnathan Bennett Profile:Chancelor Johnathan Bennett (born April 16, 1993 in Chicago, Illinois), known professionally as Chance the Rapper, is an American rapper and singer. Chance is also a member of the collective SAVEMONEY with Vic Mensa and The Social Experiment. Sites: chanceraps.com , Facebook , genius.com , instagram.com , Last.fm , SoundCloud , Twitter , Wikipedia , YouTube Aliases: Chancelor Bennett , Instrumentality Variations:Viewing All | Chance The Rapper Chancellor Jonathan Bennett was born in Chicago, Illinois. His father, Ken Williams-Bennett, was an aide to former Chicago mayor Harold Washington and then-Senator Barack Obama. His mother, Lisa Bennett, worked for the Illinois Attorney General. Bennett grew up in the middle-class neighborhood of West Chatham on Chicago’s South Side.[8] When Bennett was sixteen, his father began to work in the Department of Labor during President Barack Obama’s first