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Chance the Rapperis a married man!
Kirsten Corley Bennett and Chance the Rapper.Duke Images
Kirsten Corley and Chance the Rapper.Duke Images
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Chance the Rapper, daughter Kensli and Kirsten Corley.Duke Images
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Additionally, Chance’s brother, Jonathan Bennett, shared a sweet snap of himself all dressed up in a tux, captioning the image, “The Wedding bells are ringing!”
Days before their nuptials, theChicago Tribunereported that Chance and Corley have been legally married since Dec. 27, when they wed in a civil ceremony at the Cook County clerk’s office.
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The rapper revealed the sweet story ofhow he first methis bride Wednesday on Twitter. When Chance was 9 years old, he attended a party at his mom’s office, where Corley performed a Destiny’s Child dance routine — and it was love at first sight.
“I knew I was gonna marry that girl,” he tweeted of the encounter, noting he was too nervous to introduce himself that night. “Sixteen years later it’s happening. This wknd is the time, and the place is my wedding. I’m gonna dance with my wife because this is my destiny.”
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Chance and Corley began dating in 2013. After welcoming their daughter Kensli in 2015, the pair split in 2016 before reconciling the next year. Then Chance popped the question on July 4, 2018 at a family barbecue in their native Chicago; he confirmedthe engagementthe same day as the proposal, simply tweeting: “She said yes.”
When Chance won the best new artist Grammy in 2017, he sweetly dedicated the award to Corley and their daughter.
“I wanna thank God for my mother and my father who’ve supported me since I was young. For Kirsten, for Kensli, for all of Chicago,” he said in his acceptance speech.
Although the couple are very private, last May, Chance offered some insight into their relationship when hewished her happy birthdayon Instagram.
“From the beginning beginning to the end end. You are my oldest and best friend. You are responsible for everyone [sic] of the most wonderful things in my life,” he captioned a sweet slideshow of images. “I’m forever grateful that God made me find you, and even more grateful that you made me find God. Forever and ever babe.”
source: people.com
