In March, the prolific Chicago hop-hop artist signaled a new creative era when he dropped his single “Child of God” and its accompanying video. In the clip, Gabonese artist Naïla Opiangah paints a large canvas, which serves as the track’s artwork. “When I met Naïla, we started having conversations about how artists can be stifled by outside forces and how dope it is to create independent from a gallery or label,” Chance explains. “The song’s mantra is ‘Do your thing, child.’ I want people to take it and apply it to their own lives.” Their collaboration marked the first of many to come; in May, Chance released another song, “The Highs and the Lows,” which features vocals by Joey Bada$$ and visuals by Gabonese photographer Yannis Davy Guibinga. For this…
