Chance York + Eric Mayson

Chance York is the Minneapolis emcee, well-known for work with his jazzy quartet, Crunchy Kids. 2016 was a remarkable year for Chance, releasing his first solo EP, Fed and Famished. The EP was brief and experimental, mentioned as one of the best MN hip hop releases of the year by GO95. As a favorite special guest in each vein of Minneapolis hip-hop’s sub-genres, Chance exploded onto the scene as an act all his own.

He released the Crop EP with the ever-popular, Crunchy Kids and toured regionally, blessing the main stage of SummerSet Music Festival, opening up for Chance the Rapper. In addition to his work with Crunchy Kids, as a member of City Pages’ 2015 Best New Act, Eric Mayson’s Detail, Chance firmly established himself as a dynamic showman, singer, and potent rapper, with his abilities crossing lines of genre and subculture.

As 2016 comes to a close, Chance released Highest Self, an album produced entirely by championed producer, Big Cats! Highest Self fuses banging 808s and hi hats with beautiful musical compositions, orchestrated to fit Chance’s profound explorations of spirit science, deep insights into optimism and a levity on current events.