Chance the Rapper and wife Kirsten Corley are divorcing after five years of marriage

Eva Hartman April 3, 2024

The music industry just lost another power couple.

Chance the Rapper and his wife, Kirsten Corley, announced that they will officially “part ways” through a joint statement posted to their Instagram stories Wednesday.

The announcement follows a year of speculation surrounding their potential marriage troubles after the artist was recorded

last April

dancing with another woman at his birthday celebration in Jamaica.

last April.

He posted a Bill Burr stand-up clip

on about

the difficulties of marriage to his Instagram story in response, while Corley posted a Maya Angelou quote that read, Most people dont grow up. Its too damn difficult.

Representatives for the rapper did not respond immediately Wednesday to The Times’ request for additional comment. Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa settle divorce, bringing their slow split to a speedy end

Chance the Rapper whose real name is

Chancellor Johnathan Bennett

first met Corley, an influencer and model, at his mother’s office party when he was

nine 9

years old, after seeing her lip sync to Destiny’s Child’s “Independent

Woman Women

Part 1.”

.

She was the prettiest girl I’d ever seen,” he recalled in a series of tweets before their 2019 Newport Beach wedding.

Bennett and Corley lost touch as they grew up but reconnected in 2012 at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas. They welcomed their first daughter, Kensli, in 2015

, followed by

their second, Marli, in 2019.

The two

said they

remain committed to co-parenting despite their separation

.

“God has blessed us with two beautiful girls who we will continue to raise together,” they said.

“We kindly ask for privacy and respect as we navigate this transition

.”