Posted on 04/29/2018 1:05:47 PM PDT by ethom
rammy-winning rapper and fashion mogul Kanye West is gearing up to launch an initiative to help revitalize the lives of hundreds of thousands of Chicago, Illinois, residents with the help of some of his celebrity friends, TMZ reports.
Sources close to Kanye tell us the rapper created the idea of an organization called Donda Social a while ago, but it’s gained some serious momentum this week. We’re told the group’s focus will be in Chicago, in neighborhoods facing severe problems with housing, education, gun violence and drinking water.
Kanye’s friend and G.O.O.D. Music affiliate — who’s also involved in the project — tells us Kanye’s wrangled a group of A-Listers and close buds to help too. We’re told the celeb friends include Common, Chance The Rapper, Vic Mensa, Don C and several other Chicago natives.
The plan is for members of DS to physically visit the struggling areas, listen to the people and come up with real and practical solutions … and most importantly — money.
Kanye West collaborator Malik Yusef reportedly said Chicago-based celebrities would also work “to change the political agenda in Chi-town” to make education, jobs, and gang violence a long-term priority for lawmakers.
The reported campaign comes on the heel of West’s weeklong tweet storm that saw the “Graduation” singer show support for President Donald Trump, take heat from Hollywood elites for encouraging his 27 million Twitter followers to challenged establishment thinking, and rocked and Make America Great Again hat.
An official announcement about West’s new initiative is reportedly imminent.
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Oh, I’m sure this will work like a charm. Whenever millions or even billions are given to the poor, they keep them pristine and functional for generations to come.
Building new stuff for the poor always works out well.
I pray his efforts are very successful. These people need help!
In order to do that they need jobs. In order to get jobs they need training. The most useful thing they could do is set up apprenticeship jobs. Plumbers, carpenters, iron workers, welders make good livings. Not all will take advantage of it, but those who do actually have a chance at the American dream.....a home and family and maybe a business of their own.
Let me make a WAG If Kanye does this and strays from the plantation he will be destroyed jut like Bill Cosby was I know Cosby is guilty but it would never had seen the light of day if was not getting uncle tom upity and talkin down the victim class
I’m sure President Trump will give his support.
Hate to be a downer but the past is prologue; Kanye will eventually find his way back to the bosom of the Left.
“Kanye’s new song”
YT, FB trying their best to shadow ban the links to it I hear.
Yes.
Agreed. There was a massive one to save the Chicago schools that Barry and Bill Ayers got in on too.
They never work. The celebrity doesn’t really have a clue or the staying power to be involved directly, so contracts out to the “experts” who just give them more of what they’ve already got.
Well, those things won't happen until welfare is gutted and killed. Kanye is wasting his time and money by attacking only the branches of the problem, but leaving the welfare roots untouched.
The adventure of successful Capitalists asserting their money and ideas passionately into a town they came from.
My guess is these guys may be smarter than academia and the news media combined.
This is Not some stupid government program.
If this idea wins in Chicago it could be a Heavy Domino .....
So I agree .... Good luck with that ,
I’m sure the democrats will do everything in their power to stop this. They have to keep their voters poor and dependent.
If they go, and really listen, they’ll hear that gangs have taken over the streets and kids don’t stand a chance. The need desperately to work with the police, and take it block by block. That’s the way it went to hell, block by block. If they want to invest, start with food stores and hire employees under a salary, and a profit sharing incentive. The better the store does, the better they do. This will cut down on shoplifting, and could create meaningful work.
Gather anyone who has the skills to fix and repair things. Bring in skilled craftsmen to teach. Whatever it takes, block by block. BUT, they have to be willing to see some folks off to jail, and not hate the police for it. When one block gets better, expand.
There’s a lot of criminal money being made on the southside. Kanye better start wearing Kevlar.
May God support him in his endeavours.
This photo is floating around Twitter on Monday morning– Kanye West with conservatives Candace Owens and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
Great Basket ball player
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