Chance The Rapper has heard those critics who say he "fell off" in recent years loud and clear, and during a recent interview on The Breakfast Club, the father of two has addressed how he handles the hate train that's been following him since the arrival of 2019's The Big Day.
"To me, I can do one of two things: I can either agree with it or I can live my life," the 29-year-old told Charlamagne and his co-hosts. "If I agree with it, then that means The Breakfast Club fell off, ’cause y’all don’t have people that fell off sitting in your chair usually."
Chance The Rapper performs at the 2022 BET Awards -- Kevin Winter/Getty Images
While it's never easy to hear, Chance knows that obsessing over haters isn't his mission. "I feel like, I gotta stay on my path. N*ggas was saying I fell off when I was in high school!" the 29-year-old recalled.
"It is tough, but I don’t know. It’s like, what can I say? Tell people my feelings are hurt?"
His debut album may not have satisfied fans in the way that they were hoping, but lately, Chance seems happy to be reconnecting with his former frequent collaborator, Vic Mensa, for singles like "Wraith" and "Shelter."