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The next time your Chicago Lyft driver asks you about your favorite rapper, think before you answer. He could be a Grammy winner.
Chance the Rapper, a hip hop artist born in Chatham and turned philanthropist, has been infiltrated as a Lyft pilot in a new video to encourage runners to round up their rates to support arts education programs. in Chicago Public Schools.
Desiree Hemphill, 34, of Chicago, was one of the lucky passengers who appears in the video.
"I participated quite well in the trip by talking to my driver as usual," she said. "He told me that he was calling John."
Hemphill said he has already watched Chance the rapper in the front row of the Taste of Chicago show. She never thought she would ride a Lyft with him.
"I really felt credulous," Hemphill said. "Even in this short drive, he was talking about everything he wanted to do for the city. It's the real deal. "
Chance and its nonprofit organization SocialWorks have already poured millions of dollars into CPS in recent years and are partnering with Lyft to encourage passengers to use the Carpool service application feature, Round Up and Donate, which allows users to support a charity of their choice, including CPS: The New Luck Fund.
Hemphill said that she would support the Round Up feature.
"It was obvious," she said. "Because I am a product of the Chicago Public Schools."
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In the video, released on Monday as part of the "Undercover Lyft" series, Chance, disguised as a sunglasses and a brown hat and bearing the name of John, drops hints about his true identity, delivers zany performances and encourages runners to launch the donor spirit.
"What is your name?" Asks the smuggler, who is about to shake his hand with disbelief.
"Wh-whoa," said the passenger.
"Whoa what?" Said Chance.
"Do you know who you are?" Said the passenger.
But not all passengers indicated who was picking them up. Even with obvious hints.
A passenger says he is from Chicago and asks questions about his driver's hometown.
"Yes, sir, same place," says Chance.
"I love my drivers," Chance told another passenger, before jostling the words of his "Coloring Book" titled "All Night." "I just do not like it when they spill fries on the seat. Sometimes people are lying on the seat. Wax on the seat. "
He plays for some unlucky passengers as pilot John Lyft, who is not gifted with Chance's skills.
"My name is John, I'm from Chicago", "John" raps as a passenger looks at him.
Then, Chance starts questioning the drivers about their favorite rappers.
"I like Kanye, Chance the Rapper," says a runner.
"I love Chance the rapper," Chance replies by placing himself above Kanye.
Another rider is also a fan and tells Chance his own concert.
"He did a show at Northerly Island for the Special Olympics," says the runner.
Finally, the disguise comes off and Chance is revealed in a cap "3" rose bubblegum.
"I'm Chance the rapper," he says.
"No, you are not," says one passenger.
Finally, he sinks.
"Oh my God!", She cries before coming to be hugged.
The partnership with Chance and SocialWorks is only the last effort in favor of CPS. In March 2017, Chance presented the district with a check for one million dollars.
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At a summit for SocialWorks on October 4, it was announced that the NPO would continue to give to the CPS, with 20 additional schools receiving grants in the coming year.
At the summit, Chance also announced that he would give a million dollars to Cook County mental health providers as part of a new initiative called My State of Mind.
In recent years, Chance has become an activist and a declared civic leader in Chicago. He called for the resignation of the mayor, Rahm Emanuel, joining the #NoCopAcademy to oppose the West Side Police Training Academy and the purchase of the Chicago blog.
He is also currently a partner of Connie's Pizza, where fans can buy a "Take a Chance" pizza number 3 on his cap. More than half of the profits go to SocialWorks, and all rounded checks go to the association's efforts.
"I'm only 25, but I bet my death will bring me a statue in my hometown," Chance explains in the video.
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