Kodak Black donates $20,000 for Christmas Eve toy drive from prison
Kodak Black sponsored a toy drive on Christmas Eve – to the tune of $20,000 – to deliver pleasure to kids this vacation season, whereas he is in prison.
The rapper offered reward playing cards, scooters and different toys for 60 households and about 100 youngsters in Broward County, Florida, which incorporates Ft. Lauderdale. Some of the kids had been in foster care. He additionally paid for their lunch, says his lawyer, Bradford Cohen.
“It was by invitation only, because we wanted to make sure that everyone got toys, and everyone got candy,” Cohen says in an interview Friday.
Kodak Black collaborated with group activist Francky Pierre Paul to host the drive. The rapper was sentenced to 46 months in prison in 2019 after pleading responsible to federal weapons charges.
“We all remember what it feels like to get a gift,” Paul wrote on Instagram. “Some kids this season won’t have an opportunity to unwrap one this year but we made sure we put smiles and gave hope to a few families and kids today. @kodakblack it’s all UP from here king!”
The youngsters’ ages ranged from 4 to fifteen or 16, Cohen says; the older kids acquired motorized scooters and hoverboards.
Given the coronavirus pandemic, all the children wore masks, Cohen says, as did everybody who handed out toys. The occasion was break up into two components.
Kodak Black has been charitable prior to now, together with earlier this 12 months.
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