Chance The Rapper seems to be hinting that new music will be released this week. Chance took to Twitter yesterday (20th March) to share a cryptic post that read: “My mind is decided”, alongside a date of March 24 – implying that new music will be released this Thursday. A black and white photograph of Chance staring at a blank wall accompanied the message.

You can see the post here:

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Chance has been teasing his return for a while now with a
series of Instagram posts including photographs from what appear to be writing
and recording sessions.

“How bout a new one in March,” he wrote in February.

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/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=1df7c46c-0ca9-4ade-9736-b8b2e52f5563</div></p></p></figure><p>Chance also posted a snippet of new political music earlier<br />this month, in which he rapped about the assassination of George Washington,<br />the first president of the United States. The song began with a symbolic story<br />about George Washington's death and his slave ownership.</p></p></p><p>“George Washington died at the dentist getting fillings/ He<br />had slave teeth by the hundreds but bacteria by the millions,“ Chance raps. It<br />then shifts to contemporary issues like violence, Black wealth, voting, and<br />more.</p></p></p><p>The 43-second clip can be heard below, which Chance posted<br />to Instagram with the caption: “Felt cute might delete later.”</p></p></p><figure class="wp-block-embed-instagram wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">https://www.instagram.com/p/CakIYwmDd7w/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=74d38beb-6430-4207-ad59-9cc668f3d6ca</div></p></p></figure><p>Chance's most recent release was last month as a featured<br />artist on fellow Chicago rapper Supa Bwe's 'ACAB,' which saw him tackle<br />political issues as well.</p></p></p><p>His last solo album was 2019’s ‘The Big Day’. In a three-star review, NME called the record “a buoyant, cheerful project that looks back on his young, successful career through rose-tinted lenses but, ultimately, doesn’t possess enough depth amidst a mishmash of production and features that make it too long-winded”.</p></p></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://static-gi.asianetnews.com/indigomusic/media/post_attachments/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/image-32.png" alt="" class="wp-image-47046"/></p><figcaption> Image Courtesy: NME </figcaption></p></p></figure><p>Last year, Chance collaborated on the politically charged<br />tune 'Shelter' with Vic Mensa and Wyclef Jean, shared the solo single 'The<br />Heart & The Tongue,' and released the concert film called ‘Magnificent<br />Coloring World’.</p></p></p><p>He also collaborated with John Legend and Symba on the music for Space Jam: A New Legacy's 'See Me Fly,' as well as on Smoko Ono's afrobeat-inspired 'Winners.' 'Nothing's Impossible,' his long-awaited collaboration with R&B queen Dionne Warwick, was also released last year.</p></p></p><p>---Silviya.Y</p>