CHANCE THE RAPPER: Donating Grammy Award

A day before accepting the best new artist and humanitarian award at the 2017 BET Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, Artist/Producer Chance the Rapper was honored with a Trail Blazer Award from Chicago's DuSable Museum of African American History at its June 24th Night of 100 Stars” gala. But true to form, the 24-year-old philanthropist, who was named to the museum's board of trustees in January, turned around and in turn honored the museum with a surprise donation. The rapper surprised museum officials with an announcement that he'd be donating his historic Grammy Award for best rap album — a first ever for a streaming-only album — to the museum at 740 E. 56th Pl., which brought the house to its feet at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place.