--- title: Chance the Rapper Invited Fans to See a Free Movie With Him description: He bought out all the tickets for 'Marshall' at two theaters in Chicago so fans could see the movie — and it looks like he'll be there too. canonical: https://time.com/4981849/chance-the-rapper-marshall/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-13T17:43:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:28.125Z og:title: Chance the Rapper Invited Fans to See a Free Movie With Him og:description: It's all happening at the 3:00 showing of 'Marshall' in Chicago og:url: https://time.com/4981849/chance-the-rapper-marshall/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chance the Rapper Invited Fans to See a Free Movie With Him twitter:description: It's all happening at the 3:00 showing of 'Marshall' in Chicago twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Chance the Rapper Just Invited All His Fans to Go to the Movies With Him for Free ## Video: How Chance the Rapper, a 24-Year-Old With No Record Label, Became the Youngest Person on Fortune's 40 Under 40 list [Watch (HLS stream): How Chance the Rapper, a 24-Year-Old With No Record Label, Became the Youngest Person on Fortune's 40 Under 40 list](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/XBl6GMId.m3u8) (1:31)  _Published 2017-08-17. Chance the Rapper is the youngest person on Fortune's 40 Under 40 list. And he got there by not signing a record label._  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 13, 2017 5:43 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 13, 2017 5:43 PM UTC If you happen to be in Chicago today and have a few hours free, you might want to hop on over to the movie theater for a free showing of _Marshall_. [Chance the Rapper](http://time.com/4832414/michelle-obama-bet-chance-rapper/), Chicago’s [resident angel](http://time.com/4692575/chance-the-rapper-chicago-school-donation/) and benevolent son, just announced on Twitter that he bought out all the tickets at two theaters — allowing anyone who’s interested to show up and watch the [story of Thurgood Marshall](http://time.com/4972645/marshall-movie-true-story/), the first black Supreme Court justice. And one more thing: Chance hints he’ll be attending a 3:00 p.m. showing. But it’s up to you to figure out at which theater, exactly, he’ll be making his appearance. [_Marshall,_](http://time.com/4918594/best-new-fall-movies-2017/) starring Chadwick Boseman and directed by Reginald Hudlin, also features [Josh Gad](http://time.com/4690001/beauty-and-the-beast-gay-character-josh-gad/), Kate Hudson, [Dan Stevens](http://time.com/3732813/dan-stevens-emma-watson-beauty-and-the-beast/) and Sterling K. Brown, and tells the story of a time early in the famous justice’s legal career when he defended a black man accused of raping a white woman. Clearly, Chance is already a fan — even before viewing. “It’s lit,” he wrote in his note on Twitter, adding “I don’t usually write my own press releases.” But fans are perfectly pleased with his ad hoc PR work. Even [Gad](https://twitter.com/joshgad/status/918877107299680256) and Hudlin are giving him props, too. > [](https://twitter.com/chancetherapper/status/918866801546747904) > [](https://twitter.com/reghud/status/918871056903008256) > [](https://twitter.com/mcachicago/status/918870963969720320) > [](https://twitter.com/emalise%5F/status/918869937824808962) > [](https://twitter.com/UnholyMoses/status/918867537625989120) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4981849/chance-the-rapper-marshall/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4981849/chance-the-rapper-marshall/"},"headline":"Chance the Rapper Just Invited All His Fans to Go to the Movies With Him for Free","datePublished":"2017-10-13T17:43:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:28.125Z","description":"He bought out all the tickets for 'Marshall' at two theaters in Chicago so fans could see the movie — and it looks like he'll be there too.","url":"https://time.com/4981849/chance-the-rapper-marshall/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Music","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4981849/chance-the-rapper-marshall/","name":"Chance the Rapper Just Invited All His Fans to Go to the Movies With Him for Free"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Marshall Trailer #1 (2017)","description":"Marshall Trailer #1 (2017)","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ilaACnDX/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-08-28T15:26:21.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ilaACnDX.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4981849/chance-the-rapper-marshall/","duration":"PT2M20S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4981849/chance-the-rapper-marshall/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"How Chance the Rapper, a 24-Year-Old With No Record Label, Became the Youngest Person on Fortune's 40 Under 40 list","description":"Chance the Rapper is the youngest person on Fortune's 40 Under 40 list. 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