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Angels (Chance the Rapper song)

2015 single by Chance the Rapper

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 24, 2025
Entity authorityQ25218500 ↗
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"Angels" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Chance the Rapper. The song was released on October 27, 2015, as the lead single from his third solo mixtape, Coloring Book (2016). The track, produced by Lido and The Social Experiment, features vocals by fellow Chicago rapper Saba.

Music video

The song's accompanying music video premiered on April 7, 2016, on Chance the Rapper's YouTube account. It was directed by Austin Vesely and Chance the Rapper. The video was nominated for Best Hip-Hop Video at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards.

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