Chance the Rapper and his wife, Kristin CorleyThey are asking him to leave after five years. marriage.
Corley filed a petition to dissolve the marriage last Friday at the Cook County Courthouse in Illinois, citing irreconcilable differences. According to court documents obtained TMZthere is a prenuptial agreement between the couple.
Their two daughters, Kensley, 9, and Marlee, 5, currently live with Corley, receiving child support in an amount deemed in the children’s best interest, filings show. Corley has denied any request for spousal maintenance.
In April, the couple shared a single statement on their Instagram Stories announcing that they were separating.
“After a period of separation, we both have come to the decision to part ways,” the statement said. “We made this decision amicably and are grateful for the time we spent together.”
In light of the end of their marriage, the couple emphasized that harmony is their top priority and that they will always put their family first. “God has blessed us with two beautiful daughters that we will continue to raise together,” he added.
The statement concluded with “a request for privacy and respect as we navigate this transition.”
Chance the Rapper, whose real name is Chancellor Jonathan Bennett, first announced the couple’s engagement in a social media post on July 4, 2018.
While the couple celebrated their wedding in March 2019, reports suggest they were legally married months earlier during a civil ceremony in December 2018.
This year, Bennett told the story of how they first met in one. Thread shared on X including an old photo of Corley. It was 2003 and he was just nine years old when he first saw Corley at the real estate office where his mother worked, performing Destiny’s Child’s “Free Women” with his friends. .
When they started singing, he said he remembers “locking eyes with the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen in almost a decade of my life on earth.”
Although he was too “embarrassed” to approach her at the time, the rapper reiterated: “I knew I was going to marry this girl and I didn’t want to jump the gun.”
The couple began dating in 2013, leading to the birth of their first daughter, Kensley, in 2015. Despite a brief split the following year, the couple reconciled in 2017, became engaged in 2018, and welcomed their second daughter, Marlee, the following year. .
In April 2023, a video of Chance dancing with another woman during his 30th birthday party at a carnival in Jamaica went viral, sparking speculation about their relationship status. Although the couple claimed they were “all good” after the incident, Corley’s subsequent social media activity hinted at underlying problems.