I was watching the new Chance the Rapper performance of “Angels” featuring Saba on Stephen Colbert’s late night show. I’ve been writing a lot about alternative rappers like Kendrick Lamar, who have been struggling with the radio audience. Since Chance is also an alternative act, I was shocked to see him promoting radio. This is especially true considering its a platform artists like him have struggled on in recent years. I don’t think this is a good direction for Chance. He worked the lyrics of the track he performed into support for radio stations with complimentary visual gimmicks. Although the performance was creative and well executed, I’m going to explain why Chance the Rapper should not be promoting local radio anymore. Chance was directly promoting 107.5 and Power 92. These are two radio stations from his home city of Chicago. I understand that Chance might hold sentimental value towards these stations. Sadly, these stations don’t seem to share the same feelings towards Chance. A quick look at the both the 107.5 and the Power 92 site reveal that neither station had any mention of his performance(at all). Additionally, neither station seems to have any of Chance The Rapper tracks in rotation. Related Post: Why can’t Read More...