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Chance the Rapper on Achieving Goals as an Independent Artist & Paying It Forward

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Once you get to a point where you’re opening for major acts—like Donald Glover [Childish Gambino] or Mac Miller [who passed away in 2018] or Eminem—I got paid $1,500 a night. This article originally appeared in the July/August 2023 issue of SUCCESS magazine. And I had to pay for my own bus, food and lodging.” Photos by Nick Onken.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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She is a 2023 CNN Hero, a 2022 Soros Justice Fellow and a 2019 JustLeadershipUSA Leading with Conviction Fellow Alumna. She recently won the 2023 Waterfront Award for Science and Technology and was recognized as one of White Page International’s Top 100 Asian Women Power Leaders.

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They budgeted $30 per week for groceries, which comes out to spending around $1 per meal, per person—assuming you skip breakfast. “We Playing by new rules The first game of Banana Ball was an exhibition game played in 2018 in just 99 minutes. This article originally appeared in the May/June 2023 issue of SUCCESS magazine.

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