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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Chance Waters |
| Also known as | Phatchance |
| Born | c. 1987 |
| Origin | Sydney, Australia |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupations | Rapper, songwriter, record producer |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Website | http://www.officialphatchance.com |
Chance Waters (also known as Phatchance), is an Australian hip hop artist and record producer from Sydney Australia. He released his debut album Inkstains in November 2009 via Obese Records Distribution.[1]
Waters has toured in support of many of Australia's biggest hip-hop acts, including Bliss N Eso, Drapht, The Herd & Pez.[2][3] In 2009 he was a Featured Artist on Triple J Unearthed,[4] an initiative run by the national youth broadcaster Triple J to expose and promote talented unsigned Australian artists - since being unearthed he has received airplay and accolades from the station.[5][6] In the same year he was also awarded a front page feature on social networking website Myspace[7][8] and received coverage in the countries most popular broadsheet The Australian.[9][10]
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Waters attended Fort Street High School in Petersham a school whose alumni includes artists and bands such as Josh Pyke, Horrorshow and Spit Syndicate.
From 2003 to 2007 Phatchance was one of the founding members of the Sydney Hip-Hop group Natural Causes the flagship act for Independent record label Nurcha Records. Prior to the collapse of Nurcha Records and the eventual collapse of the band, they played more than 70 live shows across Australia.[11]
Natural Causes first and only release The Incidental Noise Demo[12] was released on Nurcha Records in 2007.[13] The first single from the release Introductions received Single Of The Week on FBi Radio, Sydney's largest Independent Broadcaster.
