Chance The Rapper, Vic Mensa Announce West African Music Festival for 2023 – Rolling Stone

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A man stands on a bridge holding an ornate gold picture frame; he is wearing a patterned jacket and a blue cap. The background shows a river and lush greenery on either side, reminiscent of scenes from a vibrant West African Music Festival.

Black Star Line Festival will be held in Ghana next January.

Chance the Rapper and Vic Mensa will host the Black Star Line Festival, set to take place in Accra, Ghana on Jan. 6, 2023.

The music and arts festival, which will be held in the historic Black Star Square, aims to be a bridge between Black artists of the Diaspora and the globe and the continent of Africa. Chance and Mensa made the announcement after spending the last week in Ghana with eight students from Chicago, whom they brought there to learn about…