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Chance the Rapper, popular hip hop artists, has spoken out before about his Christian faith, but recently he’s become a lot more serious about His relationship with Christ.<\/p>\n

In an interview on Apple Music Podcast, hosted by fellow rapper Nicki Minaj, Chance spoke about his marriage and how his wife’s faith completely transformed his own life.<\/p>\n

His wife, Kristen, decided to abstain from sex and got baptized. This was after the couple separated for a time in 2017.<\/p>\n

“It changed her life, obviously. But we [are] talking about me right now. It changed my life, for real. Now I know exactly where my strength comes from,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Seeing how Kristen flourished really inspired him to make a change, too. His transformed faith even comes out in one of his new songs.<\/p>\n

“I need you to hear one song on my album that has my best verse that I written in my life,” he said. “It’s called \u2018we go high.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI explain that my wife literally saved my life by becoming celibate and going and getting baptized,\u201d Chance added.<\/p>\n

The spiritual transformation Chance went through brought him and his wife back together in a way he never thought possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is all after Coloring Book<\/em>, after I proclaimed that I love Jesus, and all that stuff,\u201d Chance shared with Minaj. \u201cYou\u2019re never fully, fully sanctified, so I had to keep figuring it out. I had to do the Grammy\u2019s by myself. I had to do a lot by myself. Then when my girl was gracious enough to have me back, it changed my whole life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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