Lil Wayne has done many wonderful things for others, yet few know this. Below are Weezy F Babyโs good acts during his career!
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The 1989 โStะพp The Viะพlence Mะพvementโ was revived by KRS-ะพne in 2007. The initiative asked hip-hะพp artists tะพ speak ะพut and educate fans tะพ reduce viะพlence.
ะพther rappers whะพ endะพrse โStะพp The Viะพlence Mะพvementโ include Lil Wayne, 50 Cent, Ludacris, Rick Rะพss, Chingy, Cassidy, and Immะพrtal Technique. The mะพvies abะพve and belะพw shะพw Weezy taping his campaign PSAs!
Lil Wayne donated $200,000 to repair a New Orleans park after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Weezy donated because he played in the park as a kid and thought it would inspire other musicians to donate.
Wayne returned to this park in 2012 to film a music video for โBallโ with T.I.
After the 2010 Haiti earthquake killed over 300,000 people and left over 1 million homeless, Lil Wayne sang on the charity track โWe Are The World 25 For Haitiโ.
The February 12, 2010 charity record, created by Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie, was a reworking of the 1985 โWe Are The Worldโ song. The single was promoted with the music video above.
Kanye West, Miley Cyrus, Barbra Streisand, Pink, Celine Dion, Justin Bieber, Enrique Iglesias, and 40 more are on โWe Are The World 25 For Haitiโ. In 2010, Lil Wayne gifted Ronda Austinโs mother, Evelyn Austin, a Quantum 6000 wheelchair. Weezy reproduced Bob Dylanโs original vocals from โWe Are The Worldโ for the single and joked about it in an interview. Weezy met Ronda through her letters while he was at Rikers Island.
Ronda wrote Wayne about her family and her fandom in these letters. Tune then called her and offered to help her and her father get Evelyn a wheelchair.
Tunechiโs kindness allowed Evelyn to leave the house for the first time in years. Ronda Austin and her family recount the story above!
Distributes Thanksgiving Turkeys annually
In New Orleans, Louisiana, Lil Wayne and Cash Money Records organize a Thanksgiving turkey giveaway every year. Weezy and the CMB crew present 1,000 turkeys to city families to enjoy the holiday.
See film and photographs from Cash Moneyโs 17th annual turkey giveaway in 2011 here!
New Orleans TRUKSTOP Skate Park Open
A skate park developed by Lil Wayne and Mountain Dew opened in New Orleansโ Lower 9th Ward Village on September 26, 2012. Weezy built this skate park there because it was one of the worst Hurricane Katrina impacted areas in 2005.
Wayne explains why he opened TRUKSTOP skate park for New Orleans youth above!
โTie My Handsโ Saved Soldier
In Afghanistan, Lander Chappell accidently stepped ะพn an IED while clearing a rะพute. He was lะพsing blะพะพd, lะพsing his leg, and drifting in and ะพut ะพf cะพnsciะพusness.
While waiting for physicians, one of Landerโs soldiers asked him to sing his favorite song. Before aid arrived, Chappell sang Lil Wayneโs โTie My Handsโ with Robin Thicke.
Lander Chappell still credits Lil Wayneโs โTie My Handsโ and his soldier companion for saving his life. After stepping on an IED in Afghanistan, it saved me. That music inspires.โ
Lander now has a prosthetic that fits his leg. Learn more about this intriguing story here!
Benefit Show in Arizona
Lil Wayne appeared at a Carter Fund benefit concert in Phoenix on September 3, 2013. All performance revenues went to the Carter Fund, which runs after-school activities for US students.
Click here for Weezyโs charity performance footage and photos!
Encourages The Motivational Edgeโs Indiegogo campaign
The Motivational Edge and Lil Wayne launched โIndiegogoโ in October 2013. The campaign encourages adolescents to be self-confident and succeed in school through after-school programs.
โIndiegogoโ is raising $200,000 to expand their after-school programs across the US. Weezy donated $30,000 to the campaign.
You can learn more about The Motivational Edge and their goals here!
A Mott Hall boy attends Bridges Academy Gift and Message
The Motivational Edge and Lil Wayne launched โIndiegogoโ in October 2013. The campaign encourages adolescents to be self-confident and succeed in school through after-school programs.
โIndiegogoโ is raising $200,000 to expand their after-school programs across the US. Weezy donated $30,000 to the campaign.
You can learn more about The Motivational Edge and their goals here!
A Mott Hall boy attends Bridges Academy Gift and Message
The Motivational Edge and Lil Wayne launched โIndiegogoโ in October 2013. The campaign encourages adolescents to be self-confident and succeed in school through after-school programs.
โIndiegogoโ is raising $200,000 to expand their after-school programs across the US. Weezy donated $30,000 to the campaign.
You can learn more about The Motivational Edge and their goals here!
A Gift and Message for a Mott Hall Bridges Academy Boy