Nelly
As a native of St. Louis, Nelly sympathizes with the residents from his hometown area who are feeling the effects of Mike Brown’s death and as a result, the rapper has pledged to start a scholarship fund in honor of the teen.
“I’ve been in contact with the family of Mike Brown, we started a Mike Brown Scholarship Fund in order to send kids to college because Mike did graduate from high school,” the rapper tells Billboard.
Nelly also led a “hands up, don’t shoot” protest over the weekend at a celebrity charity event in honor of the teen.