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Chance the Rapper to bring free concert, festival to Ghana

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Chance the Rapper and Vic Mensa will host the inaugural Black Star Line festival in Accra, Ghana, in 2023. The weeklong festival will feature events, panel discussions and a free concert on Jan. 6 with performances by Chance, Mensa, Erykah Badu, T-Pain, Jeremih, Sarkodie, Tobe Nwigwe, Asakaa Boys and M.anifest. Chance says he wants to bridge the gap between Black people abroad and Africa.

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Associated Press News

Chance the Rapper to bring free concert, festival to Ghana

LOS ANGELES — When Chance the Rapper visited West Africa earlier this year, he initially thought his trip with fellow Chicago hip-hop artist Vic Mensa would be just another vacation

1 year ago·United States

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abc News

Chance the Rapper to bring free concert, festival to Ghana

Chance the Rapper took a trip to the Motherland that ultimately birthed an idea of creating a free concert marrying music and art in West Africa

1 year ago·United States

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Washington Times

Chance the Rapper to bring free concert, festival to Ghana

When Chance the Rapper visited West Africa earlier this year, he initially thought his trip with fellow Chicago hip-hop artist Vic Mensa would be just another vacation getaway.

1 year ago·United States

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KIFI

Chance the Rapper to bring free concert, festival to Ghana

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Chance the Rapper visited West Africa earlier this year, he initially thought his trip with fellow Chicago hip-hop artist Vic Mensa would be just another vacation getaway. Instead, the Grammy winner connected with Mensa’s father’s family in Ghana and other natives from the Motherland on a deeper level. He saw Ghana’s beautiful ocean coastline and waterfalls, engulfed himsel…

1 year ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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Winnipeg Free Press

Chance the Rapper to bring free concert, festival to Ghana

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Chance the Rapper visited West Africa earlier this year, he initially thought his trip with fellow Chicago hip-hop artist Vic Mensa would be just another […]

1 year ago·Winnipeg, Canada

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NY Daily News

Chance the Rapper set to bring Black Star Line Festival to Ghana

For a week in January, they and stars including Erykah Badu and T-Pain will headline a series of free shows in he first sub-Saharan African country to cast off the yoke of colonialism.

1 year ago·New York, United States

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