One hundred children rode away from a Chicago Ridge Raising Canes on a chilly Monday with new bicycles and helmets, courtesy of the fast food chain and Chicago’s Chance the Rapper.
The students did not just leave with bicycles; they left with holiday cheer from one of the city’s best-known rappers, who says he hasn’t stopped investing in the community that raised him.
Chance the Rapper, born Chancelor Bennett, appeared Monday at the 95th Street location of Raising Cane’s to celebrate the donation of the branded children’s bikes to SocialWorks, his nonprofit. He founded SocialWorks in 2016 with his friends to empower local youth through arts, education and civic engagement…