CHICAGO _ Chance the Rapper was joined at a South Side high school Friday by representatives of the Chicago Bulls to announce that the team is giving $1 million to the city's financially troubled school district.
Three weeks ago, the Grammy-winning musician said he was giving $1 million to Chicago Public Schools as a "call to action" for the city's business and philanthropic community.
"It is my job, just as who I am, to bring light and attention to public school funding, broken formulas and especially how it affects my hometown, where there's 90 percent minority students," Chance said Friday.
Chance, the Bulls and the Ingenuity arts organization said $2.2 million has now been raised for the musician's CPS fundraising campaign. In addition to the $1 million from the Bulls, Chance said 12 schools would each receive $10,000.
Chance, who was born Chancelor Bennett and grew up on the South Side, has sparred with Republican Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner over how to fix the city's schools. The two met in March to discuss school funding in a session Chance later described as "unsuccessful."
The school district should get the $2 million in donations from Chance and the Bulls in the next school year, according to Chance and Ingenuity. The 10 schools receiving $10,000 each from Chance's initial contribution have already received checks, he said.
