Who we thought was coming to Dave Chappelle’s Gem City Shine and who actually came

Kim and Kanye, Bradley, Gaga...? The rumors were swirling, but here’s who Chappelle brought to town to honor Oregon District shooting victims.

** UPDATED (Aug. 25, 2019): Who actually has been spotted in Dayton?

Gem City Shine was hosted by Yellow Springs area resident comedian Dave Chappelle.

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Stevie Wonder, Chance the Rapper, Talib Kweli, Teyana Taylor, Thundercat also performed Sunday. Jon Stewart addressed the crowd. Saturday Night Live’s Michael Che also was seen at the event.

>> PHOTOS: Gem City Shine performers take the stage in the Oregon District

Earlier in the day, Chappelle joined Grammy-winning performer Kanye West for a Sunday Service at RiverScape. West and wife Kim Kardashian and children were spotted in Dayton at locations including the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery.

>> PHOTOS: Kanye West, Kim Kardashian and family spotted in Dayton

>> Kanye West Sunday Service draws large crowd at RiverScape

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>> Legendary singer spotted doing soundcheck in Oregon District

** ORIGINAL REPORT: PREDICTIONS: Wondering who’s coming to Dave Chappelle’s Dayton block party? We have 7 really good guesses

One question has been on the minds of Daytonians since officials confirmed he would host a block party Sunday in Dayton’s Oregon District.

Who is Dave bringing to the party? 

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Truth be told, we don’t know either.

The names of national performers set to lend their talents to "Gem City Shine," hosted by Dave Chappelle from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. this Sunday, Aug. 25, has been kept secret.

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The security measurements in place and the fact that Live Nation, a global entertainment company that includes Ticketmaster, is involved fuels the thought that some real heavy hitters could be involved.

The benefit comes in the wake of the mass shootings in the Oregon District that left nine people — Logan Turner, Nicholas Cumer, Thomas McNichols, Beatrice Warren-CurtisMonica BrickhouseMegan Betts, Derrick Fudge, Lois Oglesby and Saeed Saleh — dead and many in the community traumatized and heartbroken.

Although the block party is free, tickets are required for entry.

The bash is billed as “a benefit concert to reclaim the Oregon District.”

PREDICTIONS

We’ve heard the same rumors that you have about who might be performing and decided to take our best guess as to who will appear at the benefit.

Below are our predictions of who Chappelle might bring to Dayton for the festival. 

 

We’ll find out how many we got right in just a few days.

1) LADY GAGA

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Credit: Jamie McCarthy

Not only is the superstar attached to Chappelle through their work on their Oscar-winning movie “A Star is Born,” but Gaga now has an attachment to Dayton.

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The “Paparazzi” singer recently announced her Born This Way Foundation would fully fund classroom projects for Dayton, El Paso, Texas, and Gilroy, Calif., that were listed on a crowdfunding website called Donors Choose. Like Dayton, El Paso and Gilroy were sites of mass shootings in an eight-day span.

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2) BRADLEY COOPER

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Credit: Kevork Djansezian

While we are on the subject of a “A Star is Born,” we might as well mention Cooper, who directed the movie and co-starred in the film with Chappelle and Gaga.

 

Cooper traveled to Yellow Springs twice to convince Chappelle to take this role.

One of those trips was to Chappelle’s famous Juke Joint barn party in 2016, which Cooper said inspired a wedding scene in the film.

>>RELATED: Wondering why Bradley Cooper was in Yellow Springs? Mystery solved?!?

Chappelle recently told Vulture that he agreed to be in "A Star is Born" after Cooper hounded him.

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Credit: David Barnes

3) TALIB KWELI  

The hip-hop star has been to a few of Chappelle’s Juke Joints at Whitehall Farms in the Tecumseh Land Trust.

Rapper and DJ D-Nice and Frederic Yonnet, Prince’s former harmonica player, are also Juke Joint regulars.

 

That said, the Yellow Springs bashes have attracted a long list of celebrities that includes rappers Q-Tip and T.I., CBS News' Gayle King, model/actress Naomi Campbell, comedian Donnell Rawlings, A Tribe Called Quest member Jarobi WhiteDave (Trugoy the Dove) from De La Soul, actress Megalyn Echikunwoke, Bobby Z from Prince's Revolution and magician David Blaine.

Black Star,  Mos Def and Talib Kweli closed out Chappelle's recent charity show for WYSO at the Schuster Center.

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4) QUEENS AND KINGS OF COMEDY

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Credit: Michael Loccisano

Comedian Michelle Wolf opened Chappelle's WYSO benefit and was at his Juke Joint in Yellow Springs last April.

Chris Rock, Micheal Che and Aziz Ansari are among the celebrities spotted during the two nights.

Amy Schumer was there in 2018.

>> Amy Schumer among celebrities spotted in Yellow Springs for Dave Chappelle’s Juke Joint

JOHN MAYER 

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Credit: Michael Loccisano

The comedian and the singer are friends and kept fans laughing last year with their music/comedy duo show Controlled Danger.

5) JILL SCOTT AND ERYKAH BADU 

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Credit: Bennett Raglin

Both singers have spent time in Yellow Springs.

Chappelle brought Badu to the village  for African-American Cross Cultural Works Blues, Jazz & Culture Fest in 2006.

She was spotted shopping around the town.

"Hi, I'm Dave Chappelle. I used to be cable's hottest star and now I'm just a Yellow Springs guy," Chappelle said at the show, according to the Dayton Daily News archives. "Turns out you don't need $50 million to live around these parts, just a nice smile and a kind way about you. You guys are the best neighbors ever. … That's why I came back and that's why I'm staying."

Jill Scott commanded the stage at the 2018 Juke Joint.

She, Badu, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common, Dead Prez, the Fugees, The Roots and the Central State University Marching Band were featured in 2005’s “Dave Chappelle’s Block Party.”

6) KANYE WEST 

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Credit: Roy Rochlin

Kanye West was featured in the “Block Party” movie.

Chappelle has been critical of some of the things West has said in support of President Donald Trump, but has said he considers West a brother.

>> RELATED: Chappelle, West among guests at Chance the Rapper’s wedding 

If Kanye comes, we are betting his wife Kim Kardashian would too.

7) JOHN LEGEND

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Credit: Amelia Robinson

The Springfield native and "All of Me" singer gave a surprise performance at Blind Bob's in the Oregon District on Sunday, Aug. 11.

But who knows, he might do it again for a larger audience.

>> Here’s what happened at John Legend’s special show at Blind Bob’s

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Credit: John Sciulli

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