The walls of a prison cell couldn’t stop Meek Mill from joining Colin Kaepernick’s 10For10 Challenge.
Following in the suit of his announcements of previous donations, Kaepernick took to social media with a video detailing how Meek has joined the likes of Joey Bada$$ and Nick Cannon by donating $10,000 to a charity of his choice.
“When I mentioned this opportunity, (Meek) immediately wanted to be involved,” Kaepernick explained.
Mill’s donation to the Youth Services, Inc. – an organization that works with at-risk teens, children, and their families – comes off a TMZ report that a court clerk asked Mill to pay her son’s college tuition during a hearing associated with his well-documented prison sentence; the rapper is currently serving a controversial 2-4 year sentence for a probation violation.
But, instead of reducing himself to a court official’s meal ticket, the 30-year-old decided to give his efforts to a more worthy cause. “He wanted to help uplift our communities so he matched my $10,000 for a total of $20,000,” Kaepernick said. This charitable act speaks to what many artists feel is the actual message behind Mill’s career and kindness that his recent prison sentence has hindered.
Despite my brother @meekmill’s current circumstances, he continues to stay connected in the community of Philly. He pledged to go #10for10 on my #MillionDollarPledge. We’re both donating $10k for a combined $20k to Youth Service Inc. Keep staying strong Meek, we love you brother! pic.twitter.com/ZCbecqtPF6
— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) January 29, 2018
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