Chance The Rapper’s postponing his tour to be there for his family

Cape Town – Chance The Rapper and Kirsten Corley welcomed a baby girl on 6 September, and the 26-year-old revealed on Monday he’d be pushing his tour back as a result.

In a heartwarming post he wrote, "This year has been one of the greatest of my life; marriage, new baby, first album etc. But with it being so eventful it has also been very strenuous having to divide my time and energy between family and work.

"When Kensli was born," he said, referring to his first child with Kirsten, "I went on tour 2 weeks later and missed some of the most important milestones in her life, but more importantly I was absent when her mother needed me the most. At this point as a husband and father of two I realise that I can’t make that mistake again.

"I need to be as helpful and available as possible to my wife in these early months of raising Kensli and Marli."

Chance said he couldn’t wait for everyone to witness the show and he apologises for having to delay it, but he needs to be present for his family.

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I thought it over for the past week and I’ve decided to push back my tour. This year has been one of the greatest of my life; Marriage, new baby, first album etc. But with it being so eventful it has also been very strenuous having to divide my time and energy between family and work. When Kensli was born, I went on tour 2 weeks later and missed some of the most important milestones in her life, but more importantly I was absent when her mother needed me the most. At this point as a husband and father of two I realize that I can’t make that mistake again. I need to be as helpful and available as possible to my wife in these early months of raising Kensli and Marli. I apologize because I know how many people were counting on seeing me soon, but I hope you’ll understand and forgive me in time. Tour kicks off Jan. 15th and you can still get tix or your refund if you are unavailable at chanceraps.com & a few of the shows are still being rescheduled as well so stay tuned. I love you guys AND LITERALLY CANT WAIT FOR U TO WITNESS THIS SHOW ???????? SIDENOTE: 9/28 CHICAGO AT UNITED CENTER IS STILL ON AS WELL AS “LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL FEST” “IHEART MUSIC FEST” & “MIAMI BEACH POP FEST”! ??

A post shared by Chance The Rapper Owbum (@chancetherapper) on Sep 9, 2019 at 12:20pm PDT

The rapper married his childhood sweetheart in March of this year and the couple have a three-year-old daughter together, Kensli.

On Friday, Kirsten took to Instagram to share the news that they welcomed baby number two, writing, "Our sweet baby girl, Marli, is here."

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Our sweet baby girl, Marli, is here.

A post shared by Kirsten Bennett (@kaydoggg) on Sep 6, 2019 at 10:06am PDT

Compiled by Bashiera Parker (Sources: Channel24, Instagram)