Chance The Rapper’s Bro Busted After Brutal Beating, Criminal Case Details Emerge

Midwest hip-hop artist Chance the Rapper's brother, Michael Taylor Bennett, is making headlines this weekend after reportedly being charged with assaulting a drunk man at a college party.

Details of Bennett’s criminal situation sprouted online Saturday (October 18).

Bennett, of South Prairie Avenue, turned himself in to police Thursday and was charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm. The victim, a 19-year-old from Ohio, needed staples to close the wound in his head, prosecutors said. He was treated for a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain. The man continues to suffered from impeded speech and headaches, prosecutors said. (DNA Info)

These brutal fight details have also popped up online…

Reports claim the attack went down in late September.

Bennett, 18, and his friend Jake Kalmin were at a party in the 2200 block of South Michigan Avenue on Sept. 28 when a drunk man stepped on his foot, Assistant State’s Attorney Erin Antonietti said.  With another guest pointing a cellphone camera at him, Bennett proceeded to beat the man, punching, kicking and stomping him, Antonietti said. (DNA Info)

The report follows Chance’s new “No Better Blues” anthem premiering online Thursday (October 16).

September saw Chance the Rapper launch his Verge Campus tour, guest on Boys Noize and Chilly Gonzales’ collaborative track “Tap Dance”, and even make an appearance in Tweedy’s hilarious, star-studded “Low Key” music video alongside Conan O’Brien and John Hodgman. Now, the Chicago MC returns with new music of his own, dropping a surprise song called “No Better Blues”. (Consequence of Sound)

The Midwest rapper does not hold back on the things he hates from the song’s introduction to its finish.

The song is called “No Better Blues,” and it’s about, uh, well it’s pretty much just Chance the Rapper saying that he hates hope and milkshakes and the sun and the whole world. A partial list of other things he says he hates: artists, creatives, bright people, rain, clouds, TV, dinner, couch, car, bus, road, pancakes, inflation, war, the poor, news, lovers, optimistic smirks on the face of children, great concerts, festivals, money, change, the government, people who deface government buildings, carrots, peas, asparagus, virtually all vegetables, racists, white people, and you. (Noisey)