2 Phones
| “ | The Mortgage Payment is due tomorrow! [...] We HAD to take care of the phone, and take advantage of the limited time offer that could not have waited. [...] The end of the Lease One, Get One is this Saturday. | ” |
| Chris, prioritizing a second phone over the mortgage for the house he and his mother lived in.[1] | ||
2 Phones is a 2015 rap song by Kevin Gates. It contains the lyrics, "I got two phones, one for the bitches and one for the dough".
Chris began using two cellphones in May 2018 (despite his dire financial situation).[1] When explaining the unusual possession of two phones, Chris alters the lyrics of "2 Phones" to:
| “ | I got two phones! One for the trolls, and one for my homes! I got two phones! One for the bullies, and one for my friends.[2] | ” |
On 7 May, Chris made a down payment on a Lease One, Get One deal from Sprint for two iPhones.[1][3] Although the deal was set to end on 12 May, and the Chandlers had to make two mortgage payments by 9 May or risk foreclosure, Chris still felt the need to prioritize funding the phones first.[1] While Chris claimed to the public that he had upgraded his iPhone 6s to 8s for free,[4] he admitted in private that he had spent money on a down payment.[1]
Chris believed it worthwhile to keep his older phone number[4] which is often the target of prank calls by trolls, while also funding a new number for trusted acquaintances. In effect, trolls indirectly contributed to Chris's poor financial decision to spend double on phone services to attempt to outmaneuver them. Although he aimed to keep the second number offline,[3] it has been leaked by others.[5][6]
Times Chris sang the song
- During a livestream in December 2019.
- During his arrest in August 2021.
- During an interview with TheGamerFromMars for The Chris Chan Conspiracy Episode 5 in March 2024.
- During a livestream in January 2026.
- In a Cameo video in March 2026.
- During a livestream in March 2026.
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