Musicians and music fans around the world were disappointed to hear about SoundCloud, a popular audio-sharing platform, laying off staff, closing offices and possibly shutting down.
After hearing the news, Chicago rapper, Chance The Rapper, who credits the site with his early success jumped in to help. First he tweeted, "I'm working on the SoundCloud thing."
On July 14, Chance posted a cryptic tweet hinting about a "very fruitful call" he had with Alex Ljung, SoundCloud's co-founder and CEO.
He confidently stated that "SoundCloud is here to stay," and SoundCloud's official Twitter account also tweeted out a similar sentiment, stating that it's not "going anywhere." The company affirmed the announcement with a blog post.
Just had a very fruitful call with Alex Ljung. @SoundCloud is here to stay.
There's no clear indication that he's an investor, so for now it seems Chano is just being a nice guy but time will tell what's really poppin'. SoundCloud hasn't yet provided details on how they plan on staying afloat. All I can say is that every bedroom rapper and producer and music fan should be grateful for what Chance has done because most of you must have been so worried.
Thank you Chano, igh!
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