Hosted by Chance the Rapper and his close friend and collaborator Vic Mensa, the inaugural Black Star Line Festival — a week of talks, parties, skating, and music in Accra, Ghana — was dreamt ...

[Asakaa Boys at Black Star Line Festival / Photo by Christian Saint] “My experience at Black Star Line Festival was amazing. The atmosphere was electric, from the music lineup down to the ...

Through the Black Star Line Festival in Accra, Mensa is using art and music to engage Black people in cultural conversations across the globe. In 1922, Marcus Garvey’s Black Star Line was a ...

“We don’t have no movies about Marcus Garvey and the Black Star Line,” Chance the Rapper tells me about the influential Pan-Africanist leader and his short-lived steamship company designed ...

Erykah Badu and T-Pain were among the performers. It appears the 2023 Black Star Line Festival was a huge success for Chance The Rapper and Vic Mensa. The “Wraith” collaborators presented the ...

The MC founded the Ghana-set Black Star Line Festival in 2023. Since 1998, AllHipHop.com has pioneered delivering Hip-Hop news. Get our daily email for exclusive, breaking news, and weekly digests ...

Star Line draws inspiration from Marcus Garvey's historic Black Star Line, a shipping company aimed at connecting the global Black diaspora in the early 1900s. Chance elaborated on this during a ...

The free concert takes place in Accra on Jan. 6, featuring performances by Chance, Mensa, Erykah Badu, T-Pain, Jeremih and others. Chance the Rapper and Vic Mensa will host the inaugural Black ...