Posted on 10/13/2017 5:09:20 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Obama Foundation to hold inaugural event with Chance the Rapper, Gloria Estefan
By Josh Delk - 10/13/17 01:49 PM EDT
The Obama Foundation announced Friday that Grammy-winning artist Chance the Rapper will perform at its inaugural summit next month.
Chance the Rapper will perform alongside Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan and the indie rock band The National on Nov. 1 in Chicago "in an event that inspires individuals to see themselves as change agents and celebrates civic engagement," according to the announcement.
The event will also be livestreamed.
The summit is a first for the Obama Foundation, which former President Barack Obama announced earlier this year as one of his first public acts after he left office.
“The Obama Foundation’s goal is to encourage and empower young people to create positive change in their communities," said Obama Foundation CEO David Simas in a statement.
The rapper, a native of Chicago, attended a state dinner at the White House last year, during the final days of the Obama administration. His father, Kenneth Bennett, previously served as deputy assistant to Obama and worked as Obama's state director while he was a senator from Illinois and during his presidential campaign.
"I want to help inspire and empower young people to change their world, just like the Obama Foundation," he said in an email sent out by the foundation. "That's what this Summit is all about — bringing together change makers from around the world to celebrate what we've done so far, and recommit to taking on the greatest challenges of our time."
Former first lady Michelle Obama honored Chance, whose real name is Chancelor Johnathan Bennett, at the BET Awards in June, where he won the Humanitarian Award for his philanthropic work.
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All I know is that I didn’t want to be invited.
Seeing that guy in person is something I look forward to never happening.
I bet they cancelled the invite to their biggest supporter, Harvey Weinstein.
Fair weather friends...
My admiration of Gloria Estafan has tanked.
good old Gloria Estefan...what a phoney she turned out to be....valueless...
I read it. Now I have shower. Spit..spit...gaggg
Ahh, another thug gathering in Chicago. I wonder what the body count will be in the morning, after this one.
Bill Clinton forcibly kidnapped Elian Gonzalez. She was comatose. A liar all along.
Trump better have his Justice Department watching the “0bama Foundation” like a hawk from day 1.
When they’re in town, perhaps they will reopen the purposely-unsolved murder of Donald Young, Pastor ‘G-D America’ Wright’s choir director.
zero and valjar won’t stop, will they?
I think friends of DJT have plans to make them stop.
Chance the Rapper being fêted by the organisation named after, and founded by Chump the Grifter.
I’m curious if Chance will be using one of his favorite words...you know the F word. The other one. Fa**ot
With a communal sit down during the National Anthem.
Yuck. Pass.
So that’s what mutual masturbation looks like...@
Washed up for decades
What is it with Rat tards and their “summits”? Normal people don’t go around holding “summits.”
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