“This is my village, this is my gotra,” he said.
The Grammy-nominated rapper is hosting a fundraiser for the families of the 17 victims killed in a Bronx apartment fire on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on New York’s HOT 97 and its sister station 107.5 WBLS on the radio. Is.
“When the cameras are off and three or four months from now people really need help and we just want to be here to supply that support and both stations are embedded in the community,” TT Torrez told HOT. Said with 97.
And families have been forced to move out of their homes.
“It’s 14 degrees outside right now,” said Fat Joe. “People are homeless, people are displaced, we must help them as much as we can.”
He has already raised over $1 million on his own and is now recruiting more star power.
Fat Joe said, “We’re occupying HOT 97 with our friends, Remy Ma, Cardi B, A Boogie, everyone and the average New Yorker who cares about humanity’s efforts.”
Bronx native French Montana and famed Kurtis Blow will also join the effort.
This week, Cardi B Offered to pay for the funeral costs of the victims, Saying:
“I can’t begin to imagine the pain and suffering that the families of the victims are experiencing, but I hope that not worrying about the costs associated with burying their loved ones will help them move on and recover.” “
A GoFundMe page has also raised over a million dollars
You can donate to Fat Joe’s fundraiser now fatjoe.me/donatebronx – 100% of the money goes to the city’s Bronx Relief Fund, which, in the last check, was up from $2.5 million.
“New York City is very, very resilient … We stand by in times of need, we come together, and this is one of those devastating times,” said Fat Joe.
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