312 Day is a Chicago-style street festival honoring the rich cultural impact of the famous original Chicagoland area code. The event was curated by AT&T and featured some of Chicago’s hottest artists, designers, and actors including electric performances by Lupe Fiasco, Vic Mensa, and Dreezy. Luxury sportswear designer Don C, singer & poet Jamila Woods, plus actor and comedian Lil Rel spoke at an informative panel discussion. You could find Hip Hop Illusionist Jibrizy stunning the crowd- even memorizing myself with his magic trick (watch video!)
This holiday was originated by Chicago’s Goose Island 312 beer company and now it’s expanding to celebrations citywide. The fest was packed with everything you can think of that represents Chicago. There were graffiti walls, signature food like Chicago-style hotdogs, Harold’s Chicago & deep dish pizza, and they even had one of my favorite ice creams from Original Rainbow Cone.
Keeping the room alive with energy, Hip Hop natives Dreezy, Vic Mensa and Lupe Fiasco each took to the stage performing their old and new hits! Dreezy performed a melody of “Body,” “Chanel Slides,” “Close To You” and more. Vic Mensa kept the crowd buzzing performing “16 Shots,” “Deserve It,” and “U Mad.” And Lupe Fiasco closed out the night performing “Kick Push,” “Superstar,” “Show Goes On” and “Cripple.” Between Hip Hop acts, the night also featured DJ sets from influential Chicago artists Sahar Habibi and a special surprise performance from The Twilite Tone.
Hecky naw Joe it was lit… Happy 312 Day Chicago! Chop it up with us in the comments!
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