Must Read! Love Story of How Chance The Rapper Met The Love of His Life At Age 9
Chance the Rapper, who in July 2018 got engaged to his childhood sweetheart, Kristen Corley has revealed they are getting married this weekend. The longtime couple, who have a young daughter together, got engaged this summer at a 4th of July barbecue.
To celebrate the big upcoming weekend, the 25-year-old American hip-hop star took to Twitter to share how they met, detailing their special love story and how it all began 16-Years ago.
Chance said the photo he shared of his wife-to-be, as a young girl was taken on the day they first met — in 2003, when he was 9. In a series of Notes app screenshots, Chance explained how the two first met at a family party for the real estate company where his mom worked.
“I was probably playing a Gameboy in a corner or eating candy, initially unimpressed by my surroundings,” the rapper wrote. “But THEN…out of nowhere, we were all told to make room, to spread out and make a circle for a presentation.”
It was then that they were told to “make way for an exclusive performance by DESTINY’S CHILD!!” As you might have guessed, Destiny’s Child wasn’t actually performing at this company party — but three other young girls were.
The girls, who Chance said looked “a little bit older than me,” danced and lip-synched to “Independent Women” by Destiny’s Child. And that’s when he saw her.
“Now I’m locking eyes with the prettiest girl I ever seen in my almost-a-decade of life on Earth,” Chance said. “I really shouldn’t even say locked eyes cause really, I was just staring at her.”
Chance said his dad then nudged his shoulder to encourage him to join in and dance — after all, he’d already become an accomplished dancer and won talent shows — but he didn’t.
“This wasn’t the time or place,” Chance wrote. “Not just because it wasn’t my party, not because it was their moment to dance, not even cause I was nervous about dancing in front of folks. It’s cause I knew I was gonna marry that girl. And I ain’t wanna jump the gun,” he added.
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It doesn’t sound like sparks flew at this first meeting, Chance was nervous and never even introduced himself, he wrote. It wasn’t until South by Southwest —in 2012!!! — that the pair met again and “eventually when back in Chicago we connected the dots.”
“16 years later it’s happening,” he wrote. “This [weekend] is the time, and the place is my wedding. I’m gonna dance with my wife because this is my destiny.”
Read the interesting love story below…
Congratulations to the happy couple!
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