AUDIO: Tom Hanks' Son -- The Next Eminem?
Jan. 13 2011, Published 9:31 a.m. ET
Meet Chester Marlon "Chet" Hanks.
The 21-year-old son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson is gaining steam on the Web for his hip-hop aspirations, as he raps about drugs, alcohol and girls in his new song “White And Purple,” a take-off on Wiz Khalifa’s “Black And Yellow.”
Chet, a sophomore at Chicago's Northwestern University, said he didn’t mean to ruffle any feathers with his lyrics.
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"I don't think it's something that should cause anybody to be angry or offend anyone," Chet told his college paper, The Daily Northwestern, explaining that his music is based on college