Chance The Rapper | Bored Of Peace

Summary

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The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Episode: Chance The Rapper | Bored Of Peace

Date: January 23, 2026
Guest: Chance the Rapper

Episode Overview

This episode blends Stephen Colbert’s signature political satire with a lively, insightful interview with Chance the Rapper. Colbert opens with an extended comedic monologue dissecting recent international happenings—including Trump’s farcical “Greenland deal” and his creation of the “Board of Peace,” a parody of diplomatic grandiosity. The episode then transitions to a thoughtful conversation with Chance the Rapper, exploring Chance’s creative independence, his latest album "Starline," his Chicago roots, and his early exposure to improvisation.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Colbert’s Monologue: The "Greenland Deal," NATO, and the “Board of Peace”

• “Greenland deal” Satire
  Colbert satirizes former President Trump’s announcement of a “framework of a Greenland deal” with NATO, highlighting the absurdity and vagueness of the diplomatic maneuver:

  • “The problem that we never had until he created it is finally solved. Good news, everyone. I'm taking the loaded shotgun from the chimp I gave it to.” (01:09)

• Concepts, Not Deals

  • Jokes about Trump consistently replacing concrete plans with “concepts,” drawing a parallel to his past statements about healthcare:
    • “We have a concept of a deal. It looks like we have pretty much a concept of a deal.” — Trump, as quoted by Colbert (02:16)
    • “Well, at least we finally know his replacement for Obamacare: Greenland.” — Colbert (02:36)

• Infinite Deals and Imaginary Victories

  • Satirizes Trump’s declaration of an “infinite deal,” mocking its lack of substance:
    • “It's forever. It's signed forever. It's a deal that's forever. It's what's called an infinite deal.” — Trump (05:40)
    • “An infinite deal. That's a common phrase and it's easy to understand. It's like a bridal shower. We get to enjoy Greenland and bottomless mimosas until the maid of honor pukes.” — Colbert (05:51)

• Creation of the “Board of Peace”

  • Trump allegedly introduces a pay-for-peace club with exorbitant fees and personal veto power, lampooned by Colbert as a self-serving cash grab:
    • “Trump is literally just doing Model UN that shouldn’t cost a billion dollars. It should be $400 for a weekend at the Bethesda Marriott, where you French kiss Luxembourg and none of your friends at school ever believe you.” (08:58)
    • Memorable quote from Trump: “And when you use that genius that you have, that very unusual, very inspired genius, when you use that for peace, the opposite of peace has no chance.” (10:47)
    • Colbert quips: “For a guy who claims to have stopped eight of them, he sure has a hard time remembering the word war.” (11:04)

• Colbert’s Parody: “Peace Buddies”

  • Announces his own fictitious club, the "Peace Buddies," mocking global peace branding:
    • “Just send us five box tops from any General Mills cereal product and $100 million. That's a 90% discount on the board of P.E., you're losing money if you don't join.” (11:40)

• FCC's Crackdown on Late Night

  • Discusses new FCC plans to enforce old rules about candidate appearances, affecting late-night hosts:
    • “If our government had turned out the way I had chosen, you would not have the power to make this announcement.” (15:14)
  • Sarcastically positions Chance the Rapper as “the next President of the United States.” (16:44)

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2. Interview: Chance the Rapper

Chicago Roots, Fame, and Early Career

• Chance on Returning to the Late Show

  • “It's good to see you.” (17:00)
  • Discusses performing at Colbert’s live DNC show in Chicago:
    • “That was a special vibe, man.” (17:19)

• Dealing with Fame in Chicago

  • “I see murals and hear myself. What's really crazy... I ran into myself in the form of ad campaign with myself photoshopped in it promoting somebody's juice.” (17:48)
  • Colbert: “So you’re holding like glasses of juice?”
    Chance: “Somebody was holding juices. My head is there and, and yeah, but I was flattered... it was a healthy spot. So I feel like it’s a good thing.” (17:52–18:17)

• Nostalgia for 2016

  • Reflects on breakthrough year:
    • “I was 10 years younger. You know, it was a lot calmer back then. Things were a lot more calm.” (18:58)
    • “I worked on Kanye's album that year... I made my first Christmas project. So I was just really productive, I guess.” (19:20)

Artistic Independence & Achievements

• On Winning Grammys as an Independent Artist
  • “I was the first independent artist to win a Grammy. And I feel like if I wasn't independent, I wouldn't be able to make those kind of decisions, like how people get my stuff.” (20:32)
  • Colbert praises Chance’s DIY ethos:
    • “You started off with basically a tape you made at home and you kept that ethos the entire time.” (21:02)

"Starline": The New Album

• Inspired by the Black Star Line

  • Chance describes the album’s name origin and Pan-African influences:
    • “The title actually comes from the Black Star Line, that was a shipping and trading company owned and operated by black folks in the early 20s... kind of our first real big movement.” (21:25)
    • “The time that I spent in Ghana really taught me a lot about his [Marcus Garvey’s] history of Pan Africanism and how much he's inspired a lot of, like, revolutions worldwide.” (21:46)

• Lead Song and Thematic Depth

  • On his favorite track:
    • “Inspired by all of my favorite art, my favorite authors. In this book…titled ‘the Negro Problem’... it's my opportunity to tell the world of its grandest issues and from, you know, from our perspective, because everything affects everybody on a spectrum.” (22:43)

Chicago's Improv Scene and Early Influences

• Improvisation Background

  • Chance discusses participating in “Thunderdome” improv in Chicago’s Wrigley neighborhood:

    • “A lot of my friends that write for TV now came out of there. Shout out to Carmen, shout out to Trevor.” (24:02)

  • On lessons learned from improv:

    • “It helped me with my stage fright. It helped me with... improvisation just overall. And. Yeah, and I used to. I used to think I was funny for some reason. I don't know.” (24:17)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

“The problem that we never had until he created it is finally solved. Good news, everyone. I'm taking the loaded shotgun from the chimp I gave it to.”
— Stephen Colbert, (01:09)

“We have a concept of a deal. It looks like we have pretty much a concept of a deal.”
— Donald Trump (impersonation), (02:16)

“I was the first independent artist to win a Grammy. And I feel like if I wasn't independent, I wouldn't be able to make those kind of decisions, like how people get my stuff.”
— Chance the Rapper, (20:49)

“If you could solve, you know, the Negro problem, we would solve a lot of problems in the world.”
— Chance the Rapper, (22:43)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [01:05] — Colbert begins monologue about Trump, Greenland, and "concept deals"
• [05:40] — Trump’s “infinite deal” explanation
• [07:58] — Discussion of "Board of Peace"
• [10:47] — Trump’s grandiose quote on peace; Colbert’s reaction
• [16:44] — Colbert announces Chance the Rapper as guest
• [17:00] — Chance the Rapper joins; Chicago conversation
• [18:58] — Chance reflects on 2016 and early music career
• [20:49] — On being the first independent Grammy-winner
• [21:25] — Meaning of album title "Starline"
• [22:43] — Lead song’s inspiration and perspective
• [24:01] — Discussion of Chicago improv and how it influenced Chance

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Tone & Style

The episode maintains Colbert's satirical, quick-witted, and irreverent tone throughout the monologue. The interview has a warm, respectful, and occasionally playful vibe, with both Colbert and Chance engaging in thoughtful reflection and banter that highlights their shared Chicago roots and appreciation for creative independence.

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Summary

This episode of The Late Show Pod Show delivers a sharp, hilarious deconstruction of international political theatrics before shifting to an upbeat yet substantive interview with Chance the Rapper. Listeners are treated to Colbert’s razor wit about current events and an inspiring discussion on music, independence, and cultural legacy from one of Chicago’s most vital artistic voices.

Transcript

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[Stephen Colbert]

Welcome in here and out there to the Late Show. I'm your host, Stephen Colbert, and I just want to start off tonight. Thank you. Thank you. I want to start off the show tonight with a heartfelt f. Shoo. Because after weeks of threatening to go to war with our NATO allies over Greenland, an island that is neither green, normal, nor has much land, Yesterday at the 11th hour, Trump announced that he had reached the framework of a Greenland deal with NATO. You hear that, everybody? The problem that we never had until he created it is finally solved. Good news, everyone. I'm taking the loaded shotgun from the chimp I gave it to. Good boy, Bobo. Good boy. As a reward, take this hand grenade. Hold it tight now, Bobo, me friend pin, stay in. Before we get into details of this framework, I have to warn you that there are none and that the nun is also very vague. Here's Trump attempting to explain it yesterday.

[Donald Trump]

We have a concept of a deal. It looks like we have pretty much a concept of a deal.

[Stephen Colbert]

Concept of a deal. Why does that phrase sound so familiar?

[Donald Trump]

Obamacare was lousy health care.

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[Donald Trump]

I have concepts of a plan.

[Stephen Colbert]

Well, at least we finally know his replacement for Obamacare. Greenland. Now, we first learned of the concept of the framework of a possibility, of a shadow, of a ricochet, of an echo of Odile yesterday when Trump posted, based upon a very productive meeting that I had with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Ruddy, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland. This solution, if consummated, will Be a great one if. That's a weird phrase. If consummated. Is he gonna. Is he gonna. Greenland?

[Donald Trump]

All right.

[Stephen Colbert]

There you go. That's what you got right there. Now one would imagine that if you want to take over all or part of any country, you would negotiate with that country. But no surprise, Greenland's prime minister Jans Friedrich Nielsen repeatedly noted that he has not been told what the Trump ruddy framework entails. So Greenland isn't part of the negotiations. Dearly beloved, by the power vested in me, I now pronounce this couple husband and woman who just found out this is happening. Come on in, Doris. Mazel tov. You'll find out why later. So we don't know what the Greenland plant is, and neither does Greenland, but that did not stop Trump from crowing this morning that he won. Whatever the hell this is.

[Donald Trump]

We're getting everything we wanted. Total security, total access to everything.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay, this may surprise you, but he is lying. We know. We know everything that Trump wanted, okay? And this isn't it. He laid out his things he wanted in this AI picture of him planting the American flag in Greenland with J.D. vance. And I want to say the secret seventh Wahlberg brother Tito. Can we go back to the sign? That sign there, it says Greenland US territory established 2026. Meaning it's ours and it's not and it ain't gonna be. Instead, it sounds like the deal is gonna be a lot like what the United States already had, making it look a whole lot like Trump folded or taco'd. So yes, yes. So yes, he blew up an 80 year post war alliance with Europe, but at least it wasn't for nothing. It was for the concept of nothing. Again, Again, not all or possibly any of the details have been worked out for us to get what we already have. But at least we got a concrete idea of the timeline of it.

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How long would the deal be, Mr. President?

[Donald Trump]

Infinite speaks for Denmark. It's forever. It's signed forever. It's a deal that's forever. It's what's called an infinite deal.

[Stephen Colbert]

Of course, of course. An infinite deal. That's a common phrase and it's easy to understand. It's like a bridal shower. We get to enjoy Greenland and bottomless mimosas until the maid of honor pukes. Despite caving, Trump spent his final 18 hours in Davos on victory laps like this one.

[Donald Trump]

Really fantastic for the USA. Gets everything we wanted, including especially real national security.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay, not entirely true, but more importantly, why is he making this announcement? In what Sounds like a piano bar. Hey, anybody out there from out of town? Anybody? Hello, little lady. How you doing? Hello, ma', am, with your festive headscarf, you look lovely. Anybody from out of town? You all are. You're world leaders. Okay. Wow. Okay. I'm gonna sing you a special song. Well, technically, it's the concept of a framework of a song. We're still negotiating the melody, thank you very much. Oh, oh, say can you see? While it's a relief knowing that Trump isn't going to invade Greenland, the damage could be long lasting. As one European dignitary put it, it's not just about expanding our imagination, but just to realize that this is a different day and the rules, the laws, don't necessarily apply. Yeah, it's just hard to recover from being threatened with war from your allies. Just like it's very hard to go back in the wave pool once you've seen that dirty diaper sailing down the water slide. And in this metaphor, can you guess which world leader is in the diaper? Trump's next mission. Oh, oh, can you see? Trump's next mission in Davos was debuting a new international club that he calls the Board of Peace, where nations can pay $1 billion for a permanent seat. No surprise that peace has a price. Remember John Lennon's famous anti war anthem? All we are saying is give me some cash. We take Venmo, brother, right now, he that hotel room is not going to pay for itself. Those white robes don't come cheap. Right now, it's unclear where the funds collected from the Board of Peace members would be held. My guess is Trump's personal piggy bank, the Cankelbankle. According to the charter, the Board will have one man in charge. And I'll give you a hint. He's in the diaper. Of all the potential members of the Peace Board, reportedly, Trump will hold the only veto. And even when he's no longer President of the United States, Trump will be chairman for life. Yep, the Peace Board will be mine for life. After that, you'll all be entombed with me and the Board of Peace mausoleum to serve as my cupbearers and concubines in the afterlife. Just slap some chocolate coins over my eyes and ferry me across the river. Twix. Why? You may ask why? Why is this even happening? Good question. Me especially. Especially because the Board of Peace's mission would overlap with the United nations aim of maintaining international peace and security. So Trump is literally just doing Model UN that shouldn't cost a billion dollars. It should be $400 for a weekend at the Bethesda Marriott where you French kiss Luxembourg and none of your friends at school ever believe you. Now, admittedly, the idea of paying a billion dollars to obey Donald Trump seems a little steep. After all, CBS got to do it for just $16 million. So not everyone. Check my math. Check my math on that one. So not every world leader is leaping at the invitation. Countries who've taken a pass include France, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. How could they turn Trump down? Does it mean nothing to them that this man won the FIFA Peace Prize? That means he can do peace using only his feet. But here's the thing. Plenty of countries have signed up, including Bahrain, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Mongolia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Azerbaijan. Collectively, those countries are also known as places where Ethan Hunt has been strangled atop a train. Trump held a ceremony today to kick off his dumb fake new club, and he praised all the suckers who fell for it.

[Donald Trump]

And when you use that genius that you have, that very unusual, very inspired genius, when you use that for peace, the opposite of peace has no chance.

[Stephen Colbert]

For a guy who claims to have stopped eight of them, he sure has a hard time remembering the word war. It's like that scene in the Terminator.

[Chance the Rapper]

I'll be the opposite of front.

[Stephen Colbert]

But, you know, it's pretty. But, you know, this whole thing has got me thinking. If Donald Trump can try to cash in with the new Kirkland brand, UN why can't I? So tonight, ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to announce my new international organization, the Peace Buddies. Those are our mascots. Those are our beloved mascots, Dove dude and the Peace Pooch trademark. Anyone can join the Peace Buddies. Just send us five box tops from any General Mills cereal product and $100 million. That's a 90% discount on the board of P.E. you're losing money if you don't join. We accept check, money order, wire transfer, Zelle Klarna, cash app, and ask cash. Nobody rides for free. Every Peace Buddies membership comes with exclusive merch, including this beautiful decoder ring so you can decipher why threatening your allies is the peaceful thing to do. And an awesome pamphlet with the word peace right on the front. We're still working on what goes on inside, but I promise you we have a concept and this Members only Peace Buddies temporary tattoo. Okay, so all the kids at school. All the kids at school will know you're a Peace Buddy. It lasts for 10 days. If that's how long you go between showers, we got a great show for you. Tonight, more Late show pod show after this. Now, in the first act over there before the commercial break, I was talking a whole lot about the whole Davos thing with the Greenland not happening and Trump's new peace board. Well, the announcement of the peace board gave us a freshly disturbing photo of Trump's hands. Take a look.

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[Stephen Colbert]

That does not look good. He's like a. He's like a zombie that got food poisoning from eating himself. How does he bruise so easily? I've seen thicker skin on a pudding. Yvonne, can we go full frame with that again? Can we look at that again? Look at the color of his face compared with the color of his hand. Just a hot tip to his makeup people. If your finger shade is earthworm on rainy day, your foundation can't be butterscotch topping. Gotta balance it out. Now, Press secretary Caroline Levitt explained the new purple knuckles saying at the Board of Peace event today in Davos, President Trump hid his hand on the corner of the signing table causing it to bruise. He bruised his hand on a table? Was the table fired out of a cannon? And what was the signing table made out of? Leprosy. Today I gotta watch what I say about Trump because Johnny Law is once again coming after yours truly here. Yesterday there was a. Thank you for being pre upset. Yesterday there was a new announcement from FCC chair and disappointed testicle Brendan Carr. The New York Times described the announcement this FCC targets Colbert and Kimmel in a new crackdown on late night tv.

[Donald Trump]

What?

[Stephen Colbert]

What? A new. A new crackdown on late night TV that has enormous implications for me for four more months. Good luck, Jimmy. So see ya. See ya suckers. So let's talk about these new crackdown rules that my lawyer warned me not to talk about. The FCC is announcing plans to enforce long dormant rules on appearances by political candidates. Oh no. They've awakened the long dormant rules not seen since the mind bending horrors of the pre euclidean variety show Cthulhu tonight. This is clearly an attempt to silence me, Jimmy and Seth. And I've got to say one thing to the fcc. Hey, I'm flattered you think that appearing on my show has the power to affect politics in any way. Okay? I've been doing this job for 21 years and let me tell you something, buddy. If our government had turned out the way I had chosen, you would not have the power to make this announcement. So. Hopefully, hopefully. Thank you very much. So we don't have the leaders that I want, but hopefully that's all going to change. After my hard hitting interview with Tonight's guest, Chance, the next President of the United States. We'll be right back with him. Ladies and gentlemen, our first guest tonight is a three time Grammy winner whose latest album is called Starline. Please welcome back to the Late show your friend and ours, Chance the Rapper. Nice to see you again.

[Chance the Rapper]

It's good to see you.

[Stephen Colbert]

I have not seen you. This summer will be. This summer will be two years because you performed on one of our live DNC shows in Chicago. That was a really fun night. That was beautiful there in the Auditorium Theater. One of the greatest places I've ever played. No, it was incredible. That was amazing.

[Chance the Rapper]

I love being in here. Cause this is such an iconic space for the show and just in history of late night. But like you coming to Chicago during the DNC and that was a special vibe, man.

[Stephen Colbert]

No audience, like a Chicago audience. Your hometown Chicago, which people may not know, but you know, I lived there for 11 years and I just love it. Yeah, so good. Love Chicago. It's a great town. I mean you must, your music is there, your images must be everywhere there. Like do you run into yourself in the wild, if you know what I mean?

[Chance the Rapper]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I see murals and hear myself. What's really crazy?

[Donald Trump]

Murals?

[Chance the Rapper]

Yeah, like, I mean, I don't mean to say. I gotta say it nonchalantly.

[Stephen Colbert]

Murals. Okay.

[Chance the Rapper]

That's a huge. No, it's a huge honor. What's really funny, I was just thinking I went to Solveg in Chicago, it's like the oldest vegan restaurant in Chicago, this black owned spot recently. And I ran into myself in the form of ad campaign with myself photoshopped in it promoting somebody's juice.

[Stephen Colbert]

So you're holding like glasses of juice.

[Chance the Rapper]

Somebody was holding juices. My head is there and, and yeah, but I was flattered, you know, I'm always flattered to see myself and you know, it was a healthy spot. So I feel like it's a good thing.

[Stephen Colbert]

Sure. Are you vegan?

[Chance the Rapper]

I'm not vegan, no.

[Stephen Colbert]

You're not vegan?

[Chance the Rapper]

No, no, no, no.

[Stephen Colbert]

You're just dropping in.

[Chance the Rapper]

Yeah. Apparently I like juices a lot.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, it's good for you. That's why you look so healthy. Okay. There's a social media trend going on right now where people looking back fondly, nostalgically at 2016. Cause you know, sharing photos and everything like that. 2016, huge year for you. Here you are. That's the year you released coloring book. There you go. What do you think of, what do you think of when you think of.

[Chance the Rapper]

This year, I mean, it was a beautiful year. I was 10 years younger. You know, it was a lot calmer back then. Things were a lot more calm.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah. We were on the precipice. Yeah. Yeah. We didn't know, but. Yeah. What's that? Thundering. That can't be a waterfall. Is it? Anybody want to get in my barrel?

[Chance the Rapper]

Yeah. No, but it was a good time. And also, I feel like that was a time when I was making a lot of music and I was working on. I worked on Kanye's album that year. That was the year that my coloring book came out. That was the year that I made my first Christmas project. So I was just really productive, I guess.

[Stephen Colbert]

Well, this album has the distinction of being. It won three Grammys and made history as the first streaming only project to win. So it wasn't released physically. This was only in streaming to win Best Rap Album. Did. Did you. What did that show you about the power of connecting directly to your fans? I'm asking for a friend who's gonna need a new platform.

[Chance the Rapper]

Oh, man. I'm actually so sad, dude. I love being here with you, man.

[Stephen Colbert]

I love having you here. Thank you very much.

[Donald Trump]

I'm sorry.

[Chance the Rapper]

Very kind.

[Donald Trump]

I'm sorry.

[Stephen Colbert]

Very kind.

[Chance the Rapper]

No, I've been coming here.

[Stephen Colbert]

So what did you learn about that?

[Chance the Rapper]

I learned a lot. I learned a lot. I learned, you know, really, about sticking to my guns. You know, I put out, you know, projects that were streaming only before that, but a lot of artists did at the time. You know, everybody didn't have access to be in Best Buy or wherever else you bought your CDs from. Most people put their stuff up on, like, Audio, Mac or SoundCloud, some of these, like, you know, smaller sites.

[Stephen Colbert]

And then acid wrap the album before this was a huge hit, I always.

[Chance the Rapper]

Put out my stuff for free. That's how I like to share it. And then it wasn't until 2016 that, like, you know, like, Tidal came out and Apple Music and all that stuff. And so, you know, it was cool to be the first streaming only album to win a Grammy. But what I was really proud about was I was the first independent artist to win a Grammy. And I feel like. Thank you. I feel like if I wasn't independent, I wouldn't be able to make those kind of decisions, like how people get my stuff.

[Stephen Colbert]

No, I've always loved that about you. The fact that you started off with basically a tape you made at home and you kept that ethos the entire time.

[Chance the Rapper]

Yeah, that's. That's really Beautiful.

[Stephen Colbert]

The new album. Here we go. Yeah. Is Starline.

[Chance the Rapper]

Starline, yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

And I'm curious, Beautiful. You in front of the beautiful northern lights there. What's the inspiration for this album title?

[Chance the Rapper]

I'm glad you asked.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah.

[Chance the Rapper]

Starline. This project I worked on for years, it was. The title actually comes from the Black Star Line, that was a shipping and trading company owned and operated by black folks in the early 20s. It was like one of the first, you know, like, kind of grand connectors of the diaspora, like connecting black folks from different countries and really just like kind of our first real big movement. It was crowdsourced by folks here in New York. And the story, like, the story of Marcus Garvey's life is incredible, but really just all these different projects he had. And I think this album was really directly inspired by my travels and connecting with black artists. Not even just, you know, recording artists, but also painters and, you know, architects and just folks being in conversation. And I think mainly the time that I spent in Ghana really taught me a lot about his history of, you know, Pan Africanism and how much he's inspired a lot of, like, revolutions worldwide. And so I kind of injected a lot of that into the album, and I wanted to honor what I learned about him with the title. So from the Black Star Line, you.

[Stephen Colbert]

Get at Starline, and you're going to be doing. You're performing one of the songs. Let me get this back out here. You're going to be performing one of the songs from Starline tonight.

[Chance the Rapper]

What song I'm performing, Honestly, probably my favorite song on the project, one of my favorite songs that I've ever written. It's actually inspired by all of my favorite art, my favorite authors. In this book that came out at the turn of the century, it's titled the Negro Problem and gets its title from the same book. But I don't want to, like, not do it justice trying to explain it, but it's my opportunity to tell the world of its grandest issues and from, you know, from our perspective, because everything affects everybody on a spectrum. So a lot of my favorite authors at the time, and even more so through a lens of intersectionality, I've kind of learned that, like, if you could solve, you know, the Negro problem, we would solve a lot of problems in the world.

[Stephen Colbert]

Well, we gotta. We gotta go here in a second. But before we do, I've never had a chance to talk to you about this, but, you know, you're, you know, you're Mr. Chicago, and Chicago is the. It's the Capital world, capital of improvisation. One of the reasons why I stayed in Chicago for all those years was because I got involved in the incredible improv scene there. And I found out you did improv.

[Chance the Rapper]

When you were younger.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah.

[Chance the Rapper]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

What did you do?

[Chance the Rapper]

I did Thunderdome. So Thunderdome was like in Wrigley. A lot of my friends that write for TV now came out of there. Shout out to Carmen, shout out to Trevor.

[Stephen Colbert]

And what'd you learn from improvising?

[Chance the Rapper]

Yes and no. I don't know exactly.

[Stephen Colbert]

I mean, hip hop is improvisational too.

[Chance the Rapper]

Hip hop is improvisation.

[Stephen Colbert]

I think.

[Chance the Rapper]

I think I really, you know, just even in school, a lot of kids like that were into the arts. Like, it wasn't just like theater and music. A lot of them did either stand up or improv. And those were my closest friends. So I think it helped me with my stage fright. It helped me with, like you said, improvisation just overall. And. Yeah, and I used to. I used to think I was funny for some reason. I don't know.

[Stephen Colbert]

Well, man, it's great to see you. Thanks so much for being here. Thank you for listening to the Late Show POD show with Stephen Colbert. Just one more thing. If you want to see more of me, come to The Late Show YouTube channel for more clips and exclusives.

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[Stephen Colbert]

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