Charity
Latto Gives Back to Young Moms in Need During ‘Latto 4 The Ladies & Babies’ Christmas Event
Latto is spreading holiday cheer to moms in need. Last Friday, in partnership with her nonprofit organization Win Some Give Some and Georgia’s Rainbow House, the Billboard chart-topper hosted her first Latto 4 The Ladies & Babies Christmas party. The charitable event took place at the Virginia Gray Burton Recreation Center in Riverdale, Ga. During the celebration — which benefited teenagers, young moms and their children — families were gifted meals, Black Santa merchandise, toys, Visa gift cards, filled stockings, free skating passes to their local rink and more goodies. The 23-year-old rising star was thrilled to give back in Georgia, where she was raised. Ohio-born Latto first rose to fame as the inaugural winner of Jermaine Dupri’s The Rap Game in 2016. “It was immediate growth,” s...
Metro Boomin Hosts Fifth Annual Christmas Charity Drive Benefiting Single Moms
Metro Boomin is back with his fifth annual Christmas event. The charitable festivities took place on Dec. 16, in partnership with his label Boominati Worldwide and the McCaskill Treatment Family Home. The proud St. Louis native returned to his hometown to provide helpful resources and a special dinner for single mothers and their families at .ZACK Urban Ballroom. During the dinner, more than 200 families were gifted $200 gift certificates. Attendees also received Boominati gift bags complete with donated items from sponsors including McDonald’s, Republic Records, SalxCo, Essentia, Blk Water, Taco Bell, Baby Bjorn, Master Dynamic, Barebell Protein and Budgeting Buddies. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Since the first event in 2017, Metro Boomin has continuously given back to sing...
The Giving Block launches crypto donation service for high-net worth individuals
The Giving Block, an online platform which allows nonprofit organizations and charities to accept digital asset donations, has launched a service tailored to donors wishing to send large amounts of crypto. In a Wednesday announcement, the Giving Block said it partnered with crypto tax startup Taxbit, New York-based accounting firm Friedman LLP, and Ren to start a service aimed at individuals, institutions, and advisors looking to reduce their tax exposure when donating crypto. Giving Block co-founder Pat Duffy said the Private Client Services streamlines its existing donation process allowing “high-value donors to quickly and securely give large gifts to their favorite charities while reducing their tax bill.” According to the platform, individuals wishing to make large donations in crypto...
Jack Harlow Teams With KFC to Donate $250,000 to Those Impacted by Deadly Kentucky Tornado
Jack Harlow has a new partnership with Kentucky Fried Chicken. On Monday (Dec. 13), it was announced that the Grammy-nominated artist and Louisville, Ky., native has teamed up with KFC and its parent company Yum! Brands to donate a joint $250,000 to the American Red Cross to support those impacted by a deadly tornado that reportedly killed at least 74 victims in the state’s western region on Saturday. Community members can contribute to KFC’s American Red Cross tornado relief efforts by donating online. President Joe Biden is also set to visit Kentucky after the tragic disaster. Explore See latest videos, charts and news “Growing up, I always dreamed of being that guy who would put Kentucky on the map in the music scene,” Harlow said in a statement. “But to team up with an iconic national ...
David Guetta Announces Partnership to Sell Blockchain-Powered “United at Home” NFTs
A new partnership between industry-leading blockchain companies and David Guetta will facilitate the first sale of NFTs tied to the French dance music producer’s charitable “United At Home” concert series. Guetta’s formidable career has continuously propelled him not only to the top of the charts, but also to the intersection of music and the metaverse. Now partnering with Blockchain Artists Initiative and Beat AlphaVerse, Guetta’s “United at Home” series will be turned into digital collectibles. Guetta’s livestreamed “United At Home” concerts took place in Miami, New York City, Paris, and Dubai. His partnership with Blockchain Artists Initiative and Beat AlphaVerse will turn each into exclusive and limited digital asset...
Steve Aoki Is Hosting a $1 Million Charity Pokémon Card Unboxing
Remember all those Pokémon cards your mom threw out when you got bored of them? It turns out those could have bought you a Tesla. It certainly feels like the 90s again with how much Pokémon has been in the news lately. Always one for pop culture crossovers, Steve Aoki has gone all-in on the craze with his latest charitable endeavor. Next month, he, Gary “King Pokémon, the hosts of Dumb Money, and other prominent figures in the Pokémon community will host a $1 million charity box break event called “Pokémon Saves The World.” For those unfamiliar with box breaks or the trading cards in general, participants will bid on spots in the auction that will represent packs of cards in the sealed boxes. Since the boxes included are from the 90s, they are ext...
VP Osinbajo: How grassroots planning helped our social investment programmes
One factor responsible for the impactful implementation of the Social Investment Programmes of the Buhari administration over the years is the realization that you can’t reach Nigerians if you don’t have a plan for the grassroots, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. This realization then influenced the structure designed for the SIP and is largely responsible for the successes of the programme (which is now regarded as one of the biggest social welfare schemes in the continent). Prof. Osinbajo stated this Sunday in Lagos at the inauguration of the Dash Me Store, an outfit of the Dash Me Foundation founded by the immediate past Finance Minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun. The store is established to mobilize resources for onward distribution to vulnerable people in the society via grassr...
Metallica’s Foundation to Donate $1.6 Million to 23 Community Colleges in 2021
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-25T20:15:41+00:00“>May 25, 2021 | 4:15pm ET Metallica have expanded their community college scholars initiative to include 23 schools in 2021, with a planned total donation of $1.6 million via the band’s All Within My Hands Foundation. The Metallica Scholars Initiative began in 2019 as a partnership between the band’s All Within My Hands Foundation (AWMH) and the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). Participating schools were chosen through a rigorous application process, and each received $100,000 to fund “programs designed to support students training to enter the American workforce.” Metallica singer-guitarist James Hetfield offered a statement in a press release...
Women For Women’s Charity Sale Includes Fashion From Sophie Turner and a Date With Gillian Anderson
Women For Women International’s Virtual Car Boot Sale is an all-day charity shopping event with proceeds going towards supporting women who live in some of the world’s most dangerous places. Hosted by Alex Eagle on Saturday 15 May, the car boot sale will include donations from designer brands and celebrity wardrobes at car boot prices, including pieces from Game of Thrones actor Sophie Turner, Slay in Your Lane author Yomi Adegoke, and supermodel Kate Moss. This year, the Virtual Car Boot Sale will include donations from the wardrobes of Grace Wales Bonner, Jenna Coleman, Rejina Pyo, Simone Rocha, and By Rotation, to name a few. In addition to shopping celebrity and designer wardrobes for a good cause, the event is adding experiences for the first time, including a 1:1 with act...
New Project Will Teach the Art of DJing to the Homeless in Glasgow
A new bid to change the lives of Glasgow’s homeless population seeks to teach the underprivileged how to DJ. Started by electronic music-based social enterprise Turn The Tables, the Homelessness DJ Project already has the support of legendary techno duo Slam and Glasgow’s DJ Nightwave, among many others. Partnering with Groove City Radio and The Sub Club, the Homelessness DJ Project will work alongside third party organizations and charities to host workshops for people facing homelessness to learn the technical and artistic skills of DJing. Those workshops will be hosted in a new state-of-the-art studio in Granton, with multiple rooms and socially distant areas both indoors and outdoors. Members of the public are also encouraged to join workshops that wil...
Indian Electronic Music Artists Support COVID-19 Relief With Compilation Album, “SOS”
The COVID-19 crisis in India has been dominating headlines as of late, with total cases in the country skyrocketing past 19 million Sunday morning. Stepping up to help are 14 Indian musicians, who this week released the SOS compilation album in support of those providing relief on the ground. Out April 30th via AsymetriK, the 14-track project is available now exclusively through Bandcamp. 100% of its proceeds are designated for the Hemkunt Foundation, which supplies oxygen to COVID-19 patients. “There is an acute shortage of oxygen tanks, ventilators and beds – with even the biggest hospitals sending out SOS requests for help,” the project’s organizer, Arjun Vagale, wrote on Bandcamp. On May 2nd, 2021, the country reported its highest number of ...
Washington denies Iran state media report saying prisoner swap agreed
The United States on Sunday denied a report by Iran’s state television that the arch-foes had reached a prisoner swap deal in exchange for the release of $7 billion frozen Iranian oil funds under U.S. sanctions in other countries. Iranian state television said on Sunday that Tehran would free four Americans accused of spying in exchange for four Iranians held in the United States and the release of $7 billion in frozen Iranian funds. The U.S. government denied that an exchange was in the works. The state TV, quoting an unnamed Iranian official, also said British-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe would be released once Britain had paid off a debt on military equipment owed to Tehran. A British Foreign Office official played down that report. Iran and world powers are holding talks ...
