Chance the Rapper gives striking teachers an ‘SNL’ shoutout, touts Chicago in song
“I fully support you,” the Jones College Prep grad says wearing a Chicago Teachers Union sweatshirt on the show.
Second-time “Saturday Night Live” host Chance the Rapper used the high-profile platform this weekend to rally around striking teachers in his hometown.
“I fully support you,” said the Jones College Prep grad, wearing a Chicago Teachers Union sweatshirt. “I just wish that when I was in school, my teachers had gone on a strike.”
He also joked that the last time he hosted the show, “I gave $1 million to CPS. And I’m happy to say it completely fixed everything.”
A tweet from CTU spokesman Eric Ruder showed union bargaining team members watching the show during a late-night work session.
Watching @chancetherapper give a shout to @CTULocal1 on @nbcsnl with the bargaining team as they work late into the night #FairContractNow #PutItInWriting pic.twitter.com/x16QusfAuB
— Eric Ruder (@ericruder) October 27, 2019
The rapper then performed a song about how his love for the Second City extends to supporting everything that’s second — from Pepsi and Burger King to his second child.
“I like the Clippers, the Nets and the White Sox,” he rhymed. “I don’t have Netflix; I like Redbox.”
‼️ Shoutout to Chicago ‼️@chancetherapper#ChanceOnSNL pic.twitter.com/xQk6qYYIZW
— Saturday Night Live - SNL (@nbcsnl) October 27, 2019