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Joey Badass expands his philanthropic efforts by launching a new campaign in support of NYC’s homeless students. The Brooklyn native joined forces with the Fund for Public Schools, the non-profit partner to the NYC Department of Education. The Fund is dedicated to meeting the needs of the city’s 1.1 million public school students by providing seed funding to all […]
It appears that Gilbert Arenas’ quarantine has been a lucrative one. On Sunday, the former NBA player took to Instagram to reveal the story behind how he won $300,000 playing the Powerball. Arenas wrote that on May 12, he rushed out of the house to play his lottery numbers at his favorite gas station before it closed. However, […]
After reversing course on the initial plan to reopen his two Atlanta-based restaurants on Monday, 2 Chainz decided his time today would be better spent distributing free meals to the homeless. Chainz took to Instagram to share a video of himself standing outside of his own Escobar Restaurant as people waited in line, standing at least […]
Alex Trebek has donated $100,000 to the Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission, a nonprofit organization that is “focused on preventing, reducing and eliminating poverty, hunger and homelessness”, TMZ has learned. Ken Craft, the organization’s founder and CEO, told TMZ that Trebek recently contacted him to request a tour of a new shelter being built in North Hollywood. After his visit, Craft recalls the Jeopardy host, who has […]
Kanye West acted on compassion earlier this week while driving around Calabasas, California. On Wednesday, the rapper was seen stopping his Lamborghini Urus and asking his bodyguard to give money to a homeless veteran who was standing on a freeway exit in Calabasas, People reports. Both he and Kim Kardashian have been paying it forward […]
Mobile Police Chief Lawrence Battiste released a statement Tuesday, apologizing for the viral photo posted on Facebook showing two of the department’s officers holding up what they jokingly called a “homeless quilt.” “As a police department entrusted with serving and protecting our community, we offer our sincerest apology for the insensitive gesture of a Facebook post […]
On Monday, Blueface was recorded standing atop an SUV while throwing bags of cash down to less fortunate people in Los Angeles’ Skid Row neighborhood. Presented without further comment, here’s the video: POST CONTINUES BELOW And here’s how the rapper presented it from his Twitter account, with the same framing also coming on his Instagram […]
The director of a Seattle-area homeless agency has formally resigned following outrage over a provocative performance at an annual homelessness conference. According to the Seattle Times, the incident occurred last week in a King County office building, where entertainer Beyoncé Black St. James danced topless and gave lap dances to attendees. The outlet reports the dancer was […]
A New Jersey man pled guilty in court on Friday to scamming $400,000 through a fake GoFundMe page, prosecutors tell CNN. In 2017, 29-year-old Mark D’Amico and his accomplice Katelyn McClure told social media users that McClure ran out of gas on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia. They claim that a homeless man, Johnny Bobbitt Jr., saw her and gave her his last […]
Colin Kaepernick may not be in the NFL, but that hasn’t stopped him from being active in the community. The quarterback spent his 32nd birthday feeding the homeless in Oakland, California, TMZ reports. Kaep brought out a food truck for the people living in Oakland’s Tent City, a large homeless encampment. He reportedly paid for […]
