Chance The Rapper Led A Crowd Of Thousands From His Grant Park Party To The Polls

It’s a strangely beautiful feeling to be marching to an early-voting location through the evening streets of downtown Chicago with Chance the Rapper as grand marshal and thousands of millennials in tow.

“Y’all voting on the future right now,” he added.

During his set, Chance made sure to remind the crowd that this was a nonpartisan event. He also made sure to acknowledge all the kiddies in attendance. “I know some of y’all niggas are not 18,” he joked—and he asked everyone not old enough to cast a ballot to stay out of the parade, in hopes of keeping the size of the crowd under control. Organizers hadn’t secured permits to block the street, so Chance asked everyone to stick to the sidewalks—which worked about as well as you’d expect.