(AllHipHop News) The issue of gun violence in Chicago has been plaguing the city for years. Chi-town performer Chance The Rapper stepped up and helped halt the bloodshed in his hometown for 42 hours.
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Chance started the stop the violence campaign #SaveChicago with his father. The goal was to prevent shooting deaths in Chicago during Memorial Day weekend by spreading awareness through social media, radio, and community organization. According to the 2014 XXL Freshman, they succeeded in keeping the streets peaceful in the Windy City for almost two days.
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Check out Chance The Rapper’s series of tweets about #SaveChicago below.
when i was in LA My pops asked me to help with a project. He was tryin to get Community Org’s in CHI to prevent every murder on Memorial Day
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) May 27, 2014
He had talked to Churches, Schools, Outreach Prog’s and Business’s, trying to get them to commit to saving every life possible yesterday
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) May 27, 2014
The plan was to get these mass numbers of people out on street corners Friday night with posters and banners with the plea “#SAVECHICAGO”
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) May 27, 2014
His plan was to get radio stations like @WGCI and @Power92Chicago to say “PUT YOUR GUNS DOWN CHICAGO” every hour on the hour the wk before
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) May 27, 2014
all he asked of me was to say something on social media. and so i did ambiguously through tweets that hinted at an album, or a song #MAY23rd
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) May 27, 2014
And even though i was outta town i checked in constantly. come to FIND OUT WE WENT 42 HOURS FROM THURSDAY TO SATURDAY NIGHT W/O ONE SHOOTING
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) May 27, 2014
not one reported shooting from the day before we stepped on those corners til the day after. http://t.co/pYuDCiJcwa
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) May 27, 2014
and when monday came this is what happened http://t.co/XUJnCgvzgN Read that from top to bottom and then come help us #SaveChicago
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) May 27, 2014
