Meek Mill and Micheal Rubin have joined together to create a $2 million scholarship fund for underserved kids in their Philadephia hometown.
What We Know:
- The scholarship money will help approximately 1,000 Pe-K to high school students from low-income households during the 2020-21 school year. The fund will cover tuition at private and parochial schools, as well as access to at-home technology needs.
- Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the scholarship will go into immediate effect to assist will the growth of virtual learning.
- During an interview with The Breakfast Club in November 2019, Rubin said, “We care about education a lot.”
“I don’t know if you guys saw, Meek and I have been talking a lot about education. We’re actually gonna commit, between Meek and I, in Pennsylvania, millions of dollars to Pennsylvania schools this year,” he continued.
- The announcement comes after Meek Mill received some backlash for giving $20 to kids selling water in Atlanta.
Meek Mill is driving around Atlanta in a 400k car, Saw a few kids hustling waters and gave them 20 dollars and told them to split it. 6-8 kids splitting 20 dollars.
20 dollars 😂😂😂😂🤦🏾♂️ pic.twitter.com/m52ifzwERT
— Karlton (@KarltonMARZ) December 6, 2020
This isn’t the first time the two have partnered up, in January of 2019, the Philly rapper and 76ers co-owner launched a criminal justice reform organization called REFORM Alliance.