Turns Out Interning For Chance The Rapper Is Exactly As Dope As You Imagine

Hey so you remember how Chance the Rapper was looking for an intern in March this year?

Well the successful candidate was one Negele Hospedales aka Hospey, a 22-year-old Canadian Communications graduate, who, while living in Sydney, made an entire website as his application. The heckin’ impresssive website, first set up like a tour calendar, featured both a history of his professional accomplishments and of his devotion to the also obscenely young and talented 24-year-old Chance the Rapper.

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Hospey spent most of May and June travelling across the US as part of Chance’s ‘Be Encouraged‘ tour. He dropped everything to do it – he quit his job at a li’l bar in Bondi, moved the hell out of his sharehouse, and flew back to Canada, and then onto San Francisco.

He revealed all this on his Insty in mid-June, although did publish a bunch of tour pics on the way that hinted that he was on a bit of an adventure. He also dropped this saucy tidbit in a blog at the end of May:

In the past 30 days I have been to 20+ cities, in 3 countries, spanning 2 continents. I’ve logged an endless amount of kilometres, and squeezed into far too many uncomfortable plane seats. I’ve enjoyed a plethora of oversized hotel beds, and snapped enough pictures to fill up a handful of memory cards. I’ve witnessed rappers ride miniature motorcycles, and seen comedians roast their own children. I’ve been to playoff games, and stood front row at every concert I’ve been at.

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When Hospey’s intern application went viral, he received a tweet and an email from Chance. But he was maybe getting a little worried he’d been ghosted when after another three weeks he hadn’t heard anything more. Which is when Chance texted him directlyhow are you“. Can you imagine getting that text? Can’t. Even. Fathom.

Hospey’s latest blog post takes everyone on for the internship-with-Chance-the-Rapper ride along with him, talking in a brutally honest way about his feelings on tour:

The first few weeks will be blurry, abstract, and smoked out. Every experience eye opening; some burdening, most reddening. The hotel rooms are bigger than your future. Every time someone asks you “So… I know you’re the intern, but what do you actually do here?” you become less sure of yourself. What nobody will warn you about touring with 90 others is the loneliness. Individual loneliness, but collectively as well – impersonal, half-day rendezvous the crew will make at each venue or hotel will leave much to be desired. As a family though, the growth is rich. Around those deeply eased by each other’s presence, quickly, you will find comfort as well. You’re thankful for this family, even if you are never truly able to externalise these feelings besides rolling out of your bus-bunk each day and greeting everyone with whatever designated handshake you’ve become privy to.

And sure, he namedrops Dave Chappelle and tries not to boast about being a 22-year-old blogger eating five-star meals, but he also muses on the experience with the clarity that only comes after stewing on something for bloody ages:

By the last few weeks, you will be exhausted. You will be fucking exhausted. You will be energised by the amazing creatives and beautiful people in your constant presence.

Prior to your journey, you will have been bred with cautionary reminders to be wary of your wishes. Post, your outlook will relax. There’s less to worry about than you think. Seamlessly, 32 shows will pass and your admiration will never waver. Hell, you might just come out of the other end with 1 or 2 timeless stories and a new group of people to call ‘family’.

He says the experience can’t be summed up in words, but gives it a crack anyway:

It was a time of transition in my life that marked a shift from slightly hesitant sometimes-blogger putting off getting a real job, into a confident multi-faceted creative with a taste of how great it all could be – and the newfound realisation of the person that I’m meant to be.

Hospey concludes by giving his readers a bit of an insight into the man himself:

Chance is exactly like the man you’d picture him to be, as a family man, business man, and friend, so instead of another biography, the last thing I’ll note is possibly my favourite quote from my entire trip with him. He once forgot to put on his signature ‘3’ cap before a show in the second half of tour, and as his assistant Colleen reminded him of it he turned and said with an insightful smirk, “you know what’s funny? If I didn’t put this hat on tonight, there would’ve been a Complex article by tomorrow rationalising exactly why I didn’t wear this hat”.

What more can I say? What makes him such a great person is his understanding that while many of us care to sensationalise the few shreds that we get may get from him, he can better use his influence to spread the type of community-boosting positivity & joy that he is now so well known for.

That’s an intern experience that certainly beats $4 an hour to work in a pub or Baker’s Delight, huh?

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