Meek Mill Proposes Deal With Philadelphia To Combat Gun Violence

Philadelphia, PA –

Meek Mill has proposed a deal that he hopes will assist fight the rampant gun violence in his hometown of Philadelphia.

The outspoken rapper and activist took to X (previously Twitter) on Wednesday (March 20) to suggest a beneficiant deal to assist fund gun violence initiatives along with his recording earnings.

He wrote: “Ima do a public contract with the city of Philadelphia where 10% of my music earnings go to the city of Philadelphia to combat gun violence in our city… ima start this movement! PIP [sic] PHAT GEEZ.”

He added: “I wanna do in [sic] contract the city of Philadelphia!”

Ima do a public contract with town of Philadelphia the place 10% of my music earnings go to town of Philadelphia to fight gun violence in our metropolis… ima begin this motion! PIP PHAT GEEZ

I wanna do in contract town of Philadelphia!

— MeekMill (@MeekMill) March 20, 2024

The proposal was in response to the tragic killing of fellow Philadelphia rapper Phat Geez, who was killed exterior of his own residence.

Earlier this week, Meek paid tribute to Phat Geez on X (previously Twitter) and criticized the excessive ranges of violent crime within the metropolis.

He wrote: “Rip phat geez…..Philly is a terrible place for black people to live… you see too much death!!!! Smh.”

Phat Geez, actual identify Derrick Gant, was discovered useless on March 17 following stories of a person carrying a gun on North Tanney Street the place the rapper lived.

Meek’s makes an attempt to assist didn’t finish there, although.

Earlier in March, the MC pledged to help Philadelphia mayor Cherelle L. Parker after a mass taking pictures left eight youngsters injured.

According to NBC Philadelphia, three gunmen opened fireplace on a bus on March 6 as highschool college students waited on the bus cease.

Responding to Mayor Parker showing on the information to say “enough is enough” with reference to continued violence within the metropolis, Meek mentioned he needed to be part of the answer in his hometown.

“I wanna help her especially with education,” he wrote on X. “I have dreams of working with the Yas foundation with dream chasers academy to offer these kids resources with technology and to travel outside of that environment to understand life! I’m in on reform ima join helping with education!”

The “Dreams and Nightmares” MC isn’t the one Hip Hop famous person to take initiative in the case of gun management.

Earlier this week, Quavo launched a brand new initiative in honor of his late nephew, Takeoff, with the intention of controlling gun violence within the metropolis of Atlanta.

Billboard reported that the ex-Migos rapper launched the Sparks Grants Initiative, which can award ten organizations grants of $10,000 every for his or her applications specializing in gun violence and its regulation.

“I am honored to launch this grant program to honor Take and the countless families that have been affected by gun violence,” the 32-year-old mentioned in a press release. “The Rocket Foundation will be giving out $100,000 in Spark grants to local organizations dedicated to reducing community violence in Atlanta.”

He continued: “There is a lot of important work going on in ATL right now, and part of our mission is to uplift these organizations and support them to help save more lives.”