In a new interview with Katie Couric, Chance the Rapper dives deep into his Chicago roots at the city’s legendary restaurant Harold’s Chicken Shack. There, he discusses the origin of his “3” hat, fatherhood, his three Grammys and more.
In the interview, Chance also ruminates about how he first created his renowned “3” hat. According to him, after a deal with the Chicago White Sox went sour, he opted to create his own design.
“I have a band called Social Experiment, and our short form of it is spelled SoX. So, I went to the [Chicago] White Sox and said, ‘Yo. I want to do a deal with you guys where I’ll wear this hat and I become the official spokesman of the White Sox.’ They said no. So then, I came back the next year and they were like, ‘No, but you can do some commercials for us.’ I wore a Sox hat everywhere. When I was making my cover for Coloring Book, I had a Sox hat on, and I was like, ‘Man, these Sox dudes never finished that deal for me.’ [I] take off the Sox hat and then I was like, ‘Oh. This is my third project.’ I had them put a 3 on it. Then, I had them alter the 3 a little bit.”
source:billboard
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