Vic Mensa Knows Chance The Rapper’s Holding Their City Down: “Played A Big Role In Chicago Like Queen Latifah”

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

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Roc Nation’s Vic Mensa is out here making sure people know Chance The Rapper‘s no regular hip-hop artist. The rap star hit up social media to salute Chance’s recent good deeds.

Mensa went to Instagram Thursday (December 7) with a shot of himself alongside one of Google’s current fave rappers.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BcaFnojh4v0/?taken-by=vicmensa

Yesterday, a report emerged about Chance securing a $1.5 million deal with Google.org to help Chicago schools.

Chance the Rapper made a surprise appearance at Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Academy on Wednesday where fifth-grade students were working on a coding activity with Google employees as a part of Computer Science Education Week. The performer, a Chicago native whose real name is Chancelor Jonathan Bennett, is the latest to join a growing national effort to put computers and computer skills in the hands of boys and girls from all racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Computer science skills such as analytical thinking and creative problem solving are critical for young people who will be hunting for jobs in an increasingly automated society. (10 News)

Google is distributing the $1.5 million to Chance’s SocialWorks and Children First Fund.

The tech giant donated $1 million to the hip hop star’s nonprofit, SocialWorks, which promotes youth empowerment through the arts, education and civic engagement. Google also gave $500,000 to Children First Fund to support computer science programming at CPS. Google officials said the company believes computer science is a critical part of education and helps students and educators develop technical skills for the future. (ABC 7 Chicago)

As of late, Chance has made multiple school visits to announce major donations.

Late last month, following appearances on “Saturday Night Live” and “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Chance made a surprise appearance at Clark High School, where Jewel-Osco made a $1 million donation to his arts education fund with Chicago Public Schools, the New Chance Arts & Literature Fund. Since March, Chance, who grew up in the city’s Chatham neighborhood and graduated from Jones College Prep, has raised $2.5 million for CPS and has donated $1 million to 20 schools for arts education programs. (Chicago Tribune)

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Written by Cyrus Langhorne

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