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June Cover Issue Exclusive: Chance the Rapper for President?
EBONY caught up with Grammy Award-winning superstar Chance the Rapper to see if he'd actually be down to be POTUS one day
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Entertainment & Culture / By Shantell E. Jamison
June Cover Issue Exclusive: Chance the Rapper for President?
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