McDonald's Returns To Chicago for 45th All-American Games With Halftime Performance From Lil Baby

After taking a long hiatus, due to the pandemic, McDonald's returned to the City of Chicago with it's 45th All-American Basketball Games displaying some of the Nation's top high school talent.

The round of events took place last night at Wintrust Arena, in the City's South Loop, and yes, it was packed with fans, food, live music, and a ton of excitement for families and kids to enjoy.

Kicking off the night, fans witnessed the Ladies Basketball Teams take the floor, in a tough battle, as the Ladies of the East Team dominated the West led by Kira "Ki Ki" Rice, who took home Co-MVP.

Ki Ki is a student who attends school in Washington D.C. and she plans to attend UCLA in the Fall. She also received the Morgan Wootten Player of the Year Award earlier this week.

Later in the evening, fans in attendance witnessed the Men Basketball Teams go head-to-head, as the East Team beat the West led by Dariq Whitehead of Florida, who took home MVP honors.

Whitehead plans to attend Duke University in the Fall and he'll be joined by Dereck Lively II, who also helped the East Team win last night's game.

Lively is a student from West Chester, PA and earlier this week, he took home the Morgan Wootten Player of the Year Award along with Ki Ki Rice of Washington, D.C.

This year's All-American Games was lit and they even had a performance from Grammy nominated artist Lil Baby. The Atlanta rapper took the floor during Halftime of the Men's Game and he rocked it -performing a gang of his top-charting hits, while his fans sang along in the crowd at Wintrust Arena.

For more info about the Games, go to @mcdaag and don't forget to come out and support next year.

Photos courtesy of McDonald's @mcdaag