Chance the Rapper is using the momentum from the success of his recent mixtape Coloring Book to launch a new music festival in his native Chicago.
Chance's fans in Chicago were up in arms when it was originally announced that Chance's upcoming world tour was skipping his hometown, but now we know why Chicago was originally omitted from the tour schedule: Chance will not just perform, but he'll also host an entire music festival in the South Side, called the Magnificent Coloring Day Festival.
Besides Chance, the festival will also feature performances by Alicia Keyes, John Legend, 2 Chainz, Lil' Wayne and more.
“I want this show to sell out COMPLETELY. Bring your Family out, all ages are invited,” Chance told fans on Twitter after announcing the festival.
Chance is still riding high off the success of his Coloring Book mixtape, which received more than 57 million streams online in its first week of release. The album has been critically acclaimed, with Pitchfork calling it "one of the strongest rap albums released this year," and many experts are saying that Coloring Book has a chance at becoming the best selling album of the year, outdoing Kanye West's (who also appears on the album,) Life of Pablo and Pusha T's Darkest Before Dawn.
By Michael Lacerna for RAPstation.com
