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Who is Maddi Jane? 'The Voice' Season 25 fans believe coach Chance the Rapper 'didn't want' Chicago rapper and singer

'The Voice' Season 25 fans feel Chance the Rapper wasn't eager to fight for four-chair turn Maddi Jane

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: On the second night of 'The Voice' Season 25, the coaches - John Legend, Dan + Shay, Reba McEntire, and Chance the Rapper - were introduced to a rapper-singer unlike any other artist produced by the singing competition. Maddi Jane is from Chicago, Illinois, and fans back at home are having bit trouble to get on board with the early rapping on the NBC show.

The 24-year-old performs "Escapism" and has the judges on their feet. The song begins with a rap, which surprised the coaches, but by the time she began singing, John, Chance, Reba, and new coaches Dan + Shay had all turned in fast succession.

On X, fans however feel, "It was obvious as a “rapper” she wanted Chance but Chance ain’t want her. You could tell." One user wrote, "Oh this girl was not four chair worthy."

Another viewer expresse, "maybe it's because I don't like rap but I was not feeling this one." A fourth user added, "She really didn’t sound good that’s why chance didn’t try to win her over." 

One complained, "Love it or hate it, rap isn't singing. #TheVoice is a singing competition. Rap (unless it's just a snippet in an actual song) should automatically disqualify an audition. Vocal talent, singing talent, isn't showcased with rythmic poetry." "I didn't like it sorry. Waiting for the talent to get better," wrote another.

Who did Maddi Jane pick on 'The Voice' Season 25?

But is the competition finished before it ever begins? When Maddi discloses that she grew up in Chicago, everyone looks to Chance, another rapper-singer from the Windy City.

"Yeah, come get on Team Chance, that's all I gotta say," he said with a smirk.

Surprisingly, Maddi pushed back, saying, "I'm gonna need just a little bit more than that, though."

Chance said, "You deserve a lot more than that." He stated that he originally hesitated to turn his chair due to his astonishment at hearing her rap, but was quickly won over by her singing voice and stage presence.

"You're obviously a star, like everybody said," he remarked. "What I would bring to you as a coach is, I like to genre-blend, and also, my whole job here is just to platform young artists...and be a support system."

To no one's surprise, Maddi chose fellow Chicago rapper-singer Chance as her coach!

'The Voice' star Maddi Jane made TV debut with 'The Ellen Show'

Maddi, a 25-year-old songwriter and vocalist, creates "pop music with purpose." She's also a music producer.

Fourteen years ago, at the age of eleven, she received attention for her rendition of "Breakeven" on 'The Ellen Show'. Maddi's cover videos propelled her to one of YouTube's most popular pages.

Her rendition of Jessie J's "Price Tag" has been seen over 100 million times there. Her version of Shontelle's "Impossible" has garnered over 80 million views.

She additionally released several of those covers, which gained considerable popularity. "Breakeven" has been streamed over 30 million times on Spotify.

'The Voice' star Maddi Jane has released seven-song album 'Rapha'

Maddi is now focusing on getting people to listen to her own songs. She released a seven-song album named "Rapha" in 2022 and a single called "Rockstar" in March.

On her YouTube page, you can see music videos for four tracks from the album: "Danger Talks," "Numb," "Church Girl," and "Let's Talk."

However, she is pleased that so many people are interested in hearing her unique music. "Numb" was streamed 100,000 times.

And the writer of hundreds of unreleased songs guarantees that more new music will be revealed shortly. Maddi's Instagram page is also worth checking out, since she posts behind-the-scenes anecdotes, such as how she made it rain while recording a rendition of Taylor Swift's "If This Was a Movie."

'The Voice' Season 25 airs on NBC at 8 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. The episodes will be available on Peacock on demand the next day. The streaming site also includes entire episodes from the show's prior seasons.