Over the weekend, Kanye West, Common and Lupe Fiasco performed at Chicago’s AAHH! Fest, and though he didn’t hit the stage, one of the Chi’s most buzzed-about up-and-comers, Chance the Rapper, made his presence felt.
“Yesterday I made a reluctant trip to Chicago to visit a friend,” a user named braindeadDRAMA wrote on Reddit. “Shortly after arriving I saw Chance tweet that he was in Chicago and was going to be giving away tickets to AAHH! Fest.”
“Hours went by and eventually I gave up hope until I was on my way to Target and saw him tweet location which I happened to be only 5 minutes from,” the user continued.
“I went to the address and when I got there it was only me and 2 others. The building was a music store/studio space but none of the workers had any info. After a few minutes of opening doors and sh-t someone said he was on the 5th floor so we raced up the stairs since the elevator wasn’t working.
“On the 5th floor we met his manager Pat who was super nice and had us come back downstairs and outside. After about 10 minutes Chance comes walking up out of nowhere with a stack of tickets and has people get in line. He handed out 50 tickets that he said he had purchased with his own money and was super cool to everyone who came out.”
And just like that, in only a few hours, a “reluctant trip to Chicago” turned into a night packed with performances by some of rap’s biggest names, all for free — thanks to Chano.
Not bad.
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