Chance The Rapper is having a very Stevie Wonder birthday
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.
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He also received toasts on Twitter from a wide-range of folks, from Ellen to Tumblr to the Chicago Public Library.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 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.