<br /> <p>Chance the Rapper gave a speech to Chicago City Council on Wednesday, November 8, to encourage them to spend $10 million on city schools instead of on the purchase of land for a new police training academy.</p><p>In footage showing the speech</a>, Chance, real name Chancelor Bennett, said he was there “for the city of Chicago,” and spoke about how simple things like libraries in schools could make a difference. “We should understand that financially this proposal doesn’t make sense,” he said of the planned police academy. “We don’t have $95 million.”</p><p>Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan for the new facility has been budgeted at $95 million.</p><p>Despite Chance’s speech, the council voted 48-1 to use the $10 million</a> for land for the proposed academy. Credit: Sensitive Visuals via Storyful</p><br />
