Chance The Rapper is having a very Stevie Wonder birthday

Live your best life, Chance!
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Marcus Gilmer
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Chance The Rapper is having a very Stevie Wonder birthday
Chance the Rapper, National Treasure Credit: Jim Smeal/BEI/Shutterstock

Rap superstar, joyful youngster, and national treasure Chance the Rapper turned 24 years old this weekend and, to no one's surprise, had the kind of fun-filled birthday we all want.

He's throwing a party, appropriately called "Chance The Birthday," on Sunday night in his hometown of Chicago benefiting Social Works, his non-profit supporting Chicago Public Schools.

He also received toasts on Twitter from a wide-range of folks, from Ellen to Tumblr to the Chicago Public Library.

He even got to sing the "Birthday Song," an old tradition for listeners of Chicago radio station WGCI who could call in and receive a birthday shout-out.

Then there was a damn fine cake! With some "fries" and "chicken wings," some of Chance's favorite foods, as decoration courtesy of Harold's Chicken Shack.

And? He got to top it all off being serenaded by close family and friends who sung the chorus to Stevie Wonder's well known song "Happy Birthday" to him.

Not that we never thought otherwise, but Chance the Rapper is living his best life, and all we can do is stand in admiration.

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Marcus Gilmer

Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.

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