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Darel Jevens

Chance the Rapper, Kirsten Corley skip the lakefront, marry on oceanfront

Kirsten Corley and Chance the Rapper attend the Ralph Lauren fashion show Sept. 7, 2018, during New York Fashion Week at Bethesda Terrace on September 7, 2018, in New York City. | Rob Kim/Getty Images

As expected, Chance the Rapper tied the knot on Saturday, taking his vows at a waterfront resort in California.

Celebrity sites confirm that the Chicago native, 25, married his longtime love Kirsten Corley at the Resort at Pelican Hill in Newport Beach.

The guests included Chance’s friend and musical collaborator Kanye West and his wife, Kim Kardashian West, People reports. Also bearing witness, according to E! News, was comedian Dave Chappelle.

“The bride, Kirsten, wore a strapless white dress and Chance wore a white tux with a black bow tie,” an eyewitness told E! A photo of the couple kissing, surrounded by white roses, was posted on the Instagram gossip site The Shade Room. The groom went without his trademark baseball cap.

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TSR STAFF: Tanya P.! @tanyaxpayne _____________________________ #TSRExclusive: #Roommates, it looks like #ChanceTheRapper is now Chance the husband! We have exclusive pictures of Chance getting hitched this weekend to his longtime girlfriend #KristenCorley in a private, outdoor ceremony surrounded by white roses! The wedding took place in Newport, CA where a few of Chance’s famous friends like #DaveChapelle, #Kim and #KanyeWest were in attendance. ______________________________ The lovebirds have known each other since they were 9 years old and share a beautiful daughter #Kensli, who was sitting front row to watch her parents jump the broom! Congrats to the pair! 🙌🏽❤❤ (📸: Splash News/Backgrid)

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Monday morning, the rapper himself posted formal photos of the newlyweds as well as himself with four guys he called “the men who mentored me,” including West and Chappelle.

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Me and the men who mentored me.

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Chance had announced the wedding on Wednesday with a Twitter thread recounting the sweet story of the first time he saw Corley, when he was 9.

The couple got engaged in July and share a daughter together named Kensli.

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