West Coast emcee The Game pledged to donate $500,000 of the tour money he’s made thus far oversees, partnering with a water company Avita who added another $500,000 to deliver bottles directly to residents of Flint, Michigan currently suffering through the horrific water crisis.
The thing about it is, he did this without any press release, no video, no media contacted, no fanfare. He just simply sent it and shared the wire transaction with his instagram followers.
“It’s obviously a very big deal and a tragedy in Flint, and I saw people donating small amounts, and I just thought I’d go above and beyond that,” The Game, reports the Daily Beast. “So I donated the funds from the first 11 shows of my European tour. Avita matched it and they’ll be one million bottles of water given out — 33,000 bottles of water at a time because of trucking and shipping it in and out. It’s not easy shipping it out because of the snowstorms, and trucks being backed up. But we’ll get it there, however long it takes.”
Also, every follow @AvitaWater gets, The Game’s Foundation, The RobinHood Project will donate an additional two bottles to Flint on top
His Instagram post below explains it in detail:
So, if any other celebrity wants to MATCH MY MILLION here’s the site where you can donate http://selfmadefoundation.org or pick your own.. JUST MAKE SURE THE WATER ACTUALLY GETS TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT !! & I don’t wanna see anyone else using the word “PLEDGE” in their donation or press release because we know that that means. “YOU JUST TALKING & TRYING TO MAKE YOURSELF LOOK LIKE A HUMANITARIAN” !!! #WaterForFlint #TheRobinHoodProject #AvitaH20Corp #SelfmadeFoundation #HUMANPOWERBALL
Thousands of kids have been exposed to lead poisoning, which can damage their developmental growth, and……the adults in the town are not fairing much better. A state of emergency was declared in the city over the state of the water.
“I don’t care what people say, hate or dislike about me….,” says the Game. “You will not stop my heart, the way I care nor the things I do for my people……. No matter the skin color, I give a shit !!!! No I’m not from Flint, Michigan…. No I don’t have a billion like Dr. Dre or P Diddy…. But I have been blessed enough to make enough money where I am able & willing to give $1,000,000 to a city in need…. Who’s city officials were poisoning its residents & slowly trying to kill their children !!!”