Chance. The rapper is splitting from his longtime love, Kirsten Corley, the
musician and his wife take to Instagram to release a joint statement revealing
their divorce. They write quote after a period of separation, the two of us
have arrived at the decision to part ways. We came to this decision amicably
and with gratitude for the time we spent together. God has blessed us with
two beautiful daughters who we will continue to raise together. They add,
we kindly ask for privacy and respect as we navigate this transition. Thank
you, Chan and Kirsten married in 2019 and share seven year old Kensley and
four year old Marley. The rapper often used his love story as inspiration for
his music, including his album Big Day, which is all about the former couple's
2019 star studded wedding in 2020. He told People Magazine about raising two
Children with Kirsten, sharing in an interview, I've been waking up daily
with a new gratitude and being very grateful that I'm married right now.
The fact that me, my daughters and my wife all live in one house together is
a huge, huge blessing. While the two reconnected in 2012 they met for the
first time as kids. Something chance opened up about in a 2019 interview on
the Ellen degeneres show. How long have you been with? I'm sorry, what is your
wife's name? Kirsten Bennett. Kirsten Bennett. Yeah, she's got my last name
and, yeah, we've been married since March 9th. Sorry, we got married last
year in December. We had our wedding. March 9th. Um, so, yeah, coming up on a
year actually. But you've known each other since you were nine years old. So
that's the sweetest story. Yeah. So my mom, uh, uh, worked at a real estate
agency with her mom and her mom through like a, I don't know, a Christmas party
and her daughters love to dance. And so they did like a choreographed dance at
this real estate party that I was at when I was nine and I saw her dancing
and I was like, let's get married.
So she's been with you from all, you know, through everything before I was
successful. She was my girlfriend for sure that if I'm successful now pre.