Posted on 14 January 2009.
It's for the kids!
Clearly I’m no longer a fan of Wayne’s music, but actions speaks louder than words. I respect Mr. Carter for this! -Cfro
Wayne, along with a crew that included New Orleans Hornets star Chris Paul, returned to Harrell Park to donate $200,000. The New Orleans park formerly housed youth athletics and Wayne once played Fullback for his youth football team at the spot, but it was recently turned into a trailer park by relief workers after Hurricane Katrina.
The athletic resources of the field including a track and field house were destroyed by the workers but “Weezy” hopes his donation along with the funds given by Chris Paul will spark a new interest in the children of New Orleans.
Wayne told New Orleans TV station WWLTV that he just wants these kids to have the opportunity to do right.
“When you tell them what to do, that’s when they get angry when you tell them be like me because it’s hard to be like me. So, the best thing you can tell them is try to do right.”
During the ceremony, Wayne echoed the sentiment saying, “The word today and the word forever is ‘kids.’ ”
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Founder and Executive Editor of Hiptics. I launched Hiptics in 2008. I spent the last 4 years at Denison University where I hosted a weekly hip-hop radio show on 91.1 WDUB (one of America's Top 20 Most Popular College Radio Stations). I also served as Public Relations Chairman, Program Director, and Webmaster of the station. I genuinely love hip-hop, and have been involved in nearly every aspect of the culture starting with selling my own music in Middle School (haha, true story). I won the Culture Jam Freestyle Battle at Denison both times I participated. I brought Wiz Khalifa, EbGb, and D.Julien to campus for a free Hiptics show in January 2010. I've interviewed everyone from Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to the CEO of Death Row Records. I've DJ'd for Wiz Khalifa and Sam Adams, as well as at countless parties and campus events. There's a lot more to be said, but I don't want to be THAT guy. My point is this: I'm not just another one of these hip-hop bloggers. If the Internet didn't exist, I'd still be in the game.
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