Chance the Rapper Donating Grammy to Chicago African American History
By Noah Yoo.
Last weekend, Chance the Rapper gave a speech during the “Night of 100 Stars” gala at the the DuSable Museum of African American History. (Earlier this year, it was announced that Chance had been named to the museum’s board of trustees.) Accepting the Trail Blazer Award from the museum, Chance took a moment to announce that he was donating his 2016 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album to the museum, as the Chicago Sun-Times reports. “I’m so excited to not just work hand in hand with the African American History Museum, but we want to build it up,” he said. “We want to make it a staple of African American history. And that’s why I’m proud to announce that I’ll be donating my hip-hop album of the year award, the first one to a black independent artist, to the DuSable.” Watch it go down below.
Chance won the Best Rap Album award for Coloring Book, in the first year that streaming-only releases were eligible. He also took home the awards for Best New Artist and Best Rap Performance.
This story originally appeared on Pitchfork.
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