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John Lennon famously provoked outrage across the Bible belt in 1966 when he made his widely misunderstood claim that The Beatles were "more popular than Jesus."

Now Chicago's own Chance the Rapper says he has "a bigger voice than Donald Trump" and he wasn't talking about the president's singing chops.

"I just have a larger platform than all politicians," the artist born Chancelor Bennett told the NPR podcast "What's Good with Stretch & Bobbito."

"I have a bigger voice than Donald Trump, you know what I'm saying? Than literally anybody that works in politics. So yes I can connect with people on a level of appealing as a person who is a citizen, who still does, you know, what he wants."

Beloved though he may be, Chance's math is a little off, at least when it comes to online clout. The president has 35 million Twitter followers, while Chance has 5 million.

Still, Chance, whose father, Ken Bennett, once worked as a deputy chief of staff for Mayor Rahm Emanuel, sounded a little more like Trump than he may have intended, when he added, "I have ideas for how to voice opinions and make change that other people just don't have."

Trump did not respond Wednesday.

kjanssen@chicagotribune.com

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