Back on the Fourth of July, Chance the Rapper got down on one knee and proposed to his childhood sweatheart, Kirsten Corley. Chano’s longtime girlfriend is also the mother of his 2-year-old daughter Kensli. The Chicago native took to Twitter on Wednesday (March 6) to announce that he will marry Corley this weekend.
Before tying the knot, the Coloring Book rapper detailed the chance encounter that could be straight out of a movie, where he saw the girl who would eventually become his future wife at a Christmas party for the real estate company his mom worked for 16 years ago. Chance was just an innocent 9-year-old boy at the time, but little did he know, love was in the air.
“I’m locking eyes with the prettiest girl I ever seen in my almost-a-decade of life on earth,” he began, as Corley would put on an impromptu performance covering a Destiny’s Child song with her friends for the crowd. “I was just staring at her; as she and her girls were conquering this choreography.”
“I knew I was going to marry that girl. So I shook my head with anxiety, moved to the back of the crowd and never introduced myself,” Chance explained of his potential missed opportunity. “16 years later, it’s happening. This [weekend] is the time, and the place is my wedding. I’m gonna dance with my wife because this is my destiny.”
Congrats to Mr. and Mrs. Bennett. Check out his storybook thread below.
Storytime. A thread on how I met my wife. pic.twitter.com/Qi0DWRZF0r
— Chance Owbum — (@chancetherapper) March 6, 2019
— Chance Owbum — (@chancetherapper) March 6, 2019
— Chance Owbum — (@chancetherapper) March 6, 2019
— Chance Owbum — (@chancetherapper) March 6, 2019
— Chance Owbum — (@chancetherapper) March 6, 2019