“Man. I don’t know,” the 29-year-old replied just after the 41-minute mark above. “To me it’s like, I could do one of two things: I could either agree with it, or I could live my life. If I agree with it, then that means the Breakfast Club fell off, ’cause y’all don’t have people that fell off sitting in your chair I don’t think, usually. And so I feel like I gotta stay on my path.”
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Chano assured the Breakfast Club team he’s a lifelong creator who’s here to stay, noting the fall-off narrative reminds him of the type of commodification he’s strived to avoid as an independent musician. “I could listen to people that think about artists like they’re f--kin’ Pokémon cards, like these commodified trading cards that’s like, ‘Oh, your f--kin’ 2K rating just went down.’ Like, f--k them n***as, these n***as is lame as hell!” he said. “They’ve never been on. If I fell off, at least I was on.”

https://www.complex.com/music/chance-the-rapper-weighs-in-on-fans-saying-he-fell-off