--- title: Chance the Rapper Tells 'Gross' Men to Stop Hugging Women description: Chance the Rapper took to his Twitter to tell "gross" men to stop pushing unwanted advances and hugs on women who didn't ask for them. canonical: https://time.com/5052335/chance-the-rapper-on-gross-men/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-06T18:39:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:24.603Z og:title: Chance the Rapper Wants 'Gross' Men to Stop Hugging Women og:description: "Keep it all to yourself" og:url: https://time.com/5052335/chance-the-rapper-on-gross-men/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7cb370f9251fcfb2/6988bd52a988ca8cc96bb443/michelle-obama-chance-the-rapper-donation.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Chance The Rapper Holds A Press Conference In Support Of Chicago Schools og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chance the Rapper Wants 'Gross' Men to Stop Hugging Women twitter:description: "Keep it all to yourself" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7cb370f9251fcfb2/6988bd52a988ca8cc96bb443/michelle-obama-chance-the-rapper-donation.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chance the Rapper Would Like 'Gross' Men to Stop Forcing Unwanted Hugs on Women > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ## Video: How Chance the Rapper, a 24-Year-Old With No Record Label, Became the Youngest Person on Fortune's 40 Under 40 list [Watch (HLS stream): How Chance the Rapper, a 24-Year-Old With No Record Label, Became the Youngest Person on Fortune's 40 Under 40 list](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/XBl6GMId.m3u8) (1:31)  _Published 2017-08-17. Chance the Rapper is the youngest person on Fortune's 40 Under 40 list. And he got there by not signing a record label._  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 6, 2017 6:39 PM UTC  CHICAGO, IL - MARCH 06: Chance The Rapper holds a press conference and donates $1 Million Dollars to the Chicago Public School Foundation at Westcott Elementary School on March 6, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images) CHICAGO, IL - MARCH 06: Chance The Rapper holds a press conference and donates $1 Million Dollars to the Chicago Public School Foundation at Westcott Elementary School on March 6, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images) Timothy Hiatt—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 6, 2017 6:39 PM UTC As if his recent [gifting of unreleased Jordan sneakers](https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8061669/chance-the-rapper-jordan-sneakers-social-works) to Chicago high school students this week wasn’t cool enough, [Chance the Rapper](http://time.com/4631321/chance-the-rapper-on-kanye-west/) is now weighing in with some helpful Twitter advice for men to treat women respectfully, in the wake of a [slew of allegations of sexual assault](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2017-silence-breakers/) and harassment that have been leveled at [powerful men like Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein](http://time.com/5015204/harvey-weinstein-scandal/) and Republican politician Roy Moore. The rapper took to his Twitter account on Tuesday morning to comment on a tweet promoting an article with a headline that read: “In Wake of Weinstein, Men Wonder If Hugging Women Still OK.” Chance succinctly captioned his response to men who want to push unsolicited hugs on women: “Gross. Don’t.” > [](https://twitter.com/chancetherapper/status/938086267576778752) Chance later doubled down on his advice that men keep their creepy advances to themselves when a Twitter user named Joey challenged him on the topic, going so far as to tell Joey that he should “keep it all to yourself.” > [](https://twitter.com/chancetherapper/status/938088237695987714) In short: Men, don’t give women unwanted hugs. And if you’re looking to beef with someone on Twitter, don’t come for Chance the Rapper. ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5052335/chance-the-rapper-on-gross-men/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5052335/chance-the-rapper-on-gross-men/"},"headline":"Chance the Rapper Would Like 'Gross' Men to Stop Forcing Unwanted Hugs on Women","datePublished":"2017-12-06T18:39:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:24.603Z","description":"\"Keep it all to yourself\"","url":"https://time.com/5052335/chance-the-rapper-on-gross-men/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Music","viral","chance the rapper"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7cb370f9251fcfb2/6988bd52a988ca8cc96bb443/michelle-obama-chance-the-rapper-donation.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7cb370f9251fcfb2/6988bd52a988ca8cc96bb443/michelle-obama-chance-the-rapper-donation.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chance The Rapper Holds A Press Conference In Support Of Chicago Schools","caption":"Chance The Rapper holds a press conference and donates $1 Million Dollars to the Chicago Public School Foundation at Westcott Elementary School on March 6, 2017 in Chicago, Ill.","creditText":"Timothy Hiatt—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5052335/chance-the-rapper-on-gross-men/","name":"Chance the Rapper Would Like 'Gross' Men to Stop Forcing Unwanted Hugs on Women"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"How Chance the Rapper, a 24-Year-Old With No Record Label, Became the Youngest Person on Fortune's 40 Under 40 list","description":"Chance the Rapper is the youngest person on Fortune's 40 Under 40 list. 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