Chance the Rapper tries a new idea to thwart scalpers

Chance the Rapper
Chance the Rapper performs onstage during Take-Two's Annual E3 Kickoff Party at Cecconi's Restaurant on June 13 in Los Angeles.
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Today's Morning Edition music is from Chance the Rapper from his performance at last summer's Rock the Garden concert in Minneapolis.

Chance is one of many musicians who are fed up with scalpers who buy up tickets and force real fans to pay highly inflated prices. He has come up with a unique solution for the sold-out music festival he's hosting in his hometown of Chicago later this month. Chance recently used his own money to buy nearly 2000 tickets from scalpers and then resold them through his website.

It's unclear how he will keep those tickets from ending up in the hands of scalpers and resold again.

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