Kanye West is working with Chance The Rapper in Chicago
Kanye West confirms he's in Chicago working with Chance The Rapper on his new album.
Kanye West was spotted earlier in the week in downtown Chicago, where Fox 32 News managed to get a couple of answers out of him.
The local rapper confirmed he's in Chicago for work, "I came out here with Chance to work on his album, and I’ve just been hanging out with my friends."
.@kanyewest told us this morning he plans to spend more time in Chicago: "I believe there's some work that I can contribute to" pic.twitter.com/23uS6BkbOa
— FOX 32 News (@fox32news) August 29, 2018
Earlier today Kanye West shared a clip of him and Chance The Rapper in the studio, jamming out to a vocal isolation of Michael Jackson's "Never Can Say Goodbye", just after what would've been Jackson's 60th birthday.
We had to chop this up for Michael’s birthday pic.twitter.com/Ug2wjebjCD
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) August 30, 2018
Last month Chance The Rapper dropped four new tracks and bought a local press site called The Chicagoist.
In a previous interview with Complex's Peter Rosenberg, Chance The Rapper revealed he would be working with Kanye West on a forthcoming project, as well as Childish Gambino on a separate project, "I’ve been actively working on a project with Childish. I’m going to do a seven-track with Ye…"
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