Drake has donated $100,000 to National Bail Out, a collective that is helping bail out black mothers and caregivers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
His donation came in response to collaborator and fellow Torontonian Mustafa the Poet, who himself donated $400 and tagged both Drake and The Weeknd in an Instagram Stories post to get the superstar acts involved. “My Toronto Kings @champagnepapi @theweeknd,” he wrote. “Swipe up & match my donation but add 3 zeros! Let’s help reunite black families.”
Drake answered the call with a six-figure donation, though he encountered a slight hiccup in the process. “They just called fraud on my card LOL,” the rapper told Mustafa before it went through. “I donated 100k. They were like nah 😂.”
Their exchange and a receipt of Drake’s donation can be found below:
🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝 @NationalBailOut pic.twitter.com/ZhqlufOtpu
— Mustafa (@MustafaThePoet) June 1, 2020
The streets said they need receipts 💅🏾MashaAllah pic.twitter.com/VmdWd6lKEB
— Mustafa (@MustafaThePoet) June 1, 2020
Back in mid-May, the collective announced it had reunited 69 women with their families. You can donate to National Bail Out here.
