Yesterday, Chance the Rapper hosted a free concert called called “Parade to the Polls” in Chicago’s Grant Park and then led the thousands of concert-goers to a nearby early voting super center, WLS-TV reports.
Malcolm London, Twin Peaks, Chance’s brother Taylor Bennett, and the Kit Kat spokesman himself all performed at the show, which was organized by Chance’s non-profit Social Works. Chance also performed at a rally for Hillary Clinton this past weekend in Cleveland.
Chance’s march was apparently successful. “This is the largest turnout I’ve seen for early voting since I’ve worked here,” volunteer Ronald Johnson told WLS-TV last night.
Watch videos of the concert and of Chance leading the march to the polls below.
Felt crazy to be part of this. @chancetherapper #paradetothepolls #Election2016 pic.twitter.com/WASY7Zp0uf
— sophia. (@SooFeeYah) November 8, 2016
.@chancetherapper leads huge crowd through the loop to early vote location. @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/XtBN5D6GUH
— Charlie De Mar (@CharlieDeMar) November 7, 2016
.@chancetherapper going to vote. #paradetothepolls pic.twitter.com/BI5BEBixP0
— Marianna Brady (@mqbrady) November 7, 2016
Early voting line after Chance the Rapper #paradetothepolls concert in Chicago's Loop #Elections2016 pic.twitter.com/Eg8GfQ0CCd
— John Owens (@john_p_owens) November 8, 2016
The line to #vote wraps around an entire city block, then @chancetherapper's #paradetothepolls went by and I almost cried. This feels huge. pic.twitter.com/UyYgqa6jvk
— alison (@sizetoosmall) November 8, 2016
If you're curious about how famous Chance is in Chicago, this was the scene after he voted. #paradetothepolls pic.twitter.com/EAtBLlJ8ep
— josh terry (@JoshhTerry) November 8, 2016