Chance the Rapper Launches Radio Request Service
Chance the Rapper has launched Rapper Radio, a new service where fans can request that his music gets played on their local radio stations. The website declares “Let’s Bring Independent Music to the Airwaves.” Yesterday, he explained: “The radio is like a huge listening party for people of all demographics to get in tune. In those moments it’s mad ppl in harmony.” Rapper Radio, which Chance has also called “#optioncee,” works by having fans type in their city, which pulls up the local stations. (Inputting New York, for example, brings up Hot 97 and Power 105.1.) From there, the site generates a tweet to the station and the DJs, requesting that they play Coloring Book’s “No Problem” or “Summer Friends” (which he just performed on “Good Morning America”).
Since launching, Chance has been retweeting fans’ requests. The service is also now available in Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, France, Ireland, and the Netherlands. He has also promised that he’s “going to do something special in” the city with the most requests. See some of his tweets about it below. Check out Rapper Radio here.
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I want you to share my music in whatever city you’re in with as many people as possible. #optioncee
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) August 16, 2016
The radio is like a huge listening party for people of all demographics to get in tune. In those moments it’s mad ppl in harmony #optioncee
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) August 16, 2016
#optioncee requires your twitter and will take place over the next few weeks. It has phases so I’ll keep tweaking it but let’s take over!
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) August 16, 2016
I present #optioncee aka https://t.co/xnNw8u6pjT
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) August 16, 2016
When you type in your city, a tweet to city button should appear. Will be up ASAP. #RapperRadio https://t.co/yv9Oaw6nO3
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) August 16, 2016
WE ARE OFFICIALLY BACK & WORKING. https://t.co/qoWXGsT75E NOW!!
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) August 16, 2016
Let’s keep it going. City w the most tweets, we going to do something special in. #RapperRadio
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) August 17, 2016
Let the stations know that we are here and independent music is not going anywhere. I’m looking @ every tweet https://t.co/FsWqeme0q1
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) August 17, 2016
https://t.co/FsWqeme0q1 thank u to everybody who is joining me on this journey.
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) August 17, 2016
Watch Chance the Rapper’s “No Problem” video:
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