The Black Star Line Festival

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Take chances the Rapper andVic Mensa are bonding with the motherland with the cosmos of a new music and arts festival in Ghana.

The two hip-hop stars from Chicago traveled to the country's uppercase, Accra, to announce the Black Star Line festival, set for January 6, 2023.

"When Vic and I started our careers and started touring, nosotros did shows all over the U.Southward. Somewhen we started touring in Europe, nosotros did shows in Asia, South America, Central America, simply we never had a hazard to play our music for the people who support us the nigh," Adventure said.

"When we came here and touched down and felt the love that nosotros received and the fans that we got to connect with, the understanding for the need for the connexion became apparent to the states," the Grammy winner connected. "Nosotros need a music festival bringing major artists to Ghana. This is what nosotros're working to create."

The two MCs visited Ghana with viii students from Chicago to teach them virtually their African heritage.

The festival is named after the Black Star shipping line created by famed Black nationalistMarcusGarvey in 1919. Run a risk plans to drop his new anthology, titledStar Line Line Gallery, afterwards this year.