By building an alliance with Chicago’s Urban League, two of Chicago’s biggest Hip-Hop figures want to bring 20,000 jobs to the city streets that are dangerous to countless inner-city youth.
Common and Kanye West, plan on using their names, influence and organizations to bring hope to a city that gravely needs it.
TheGrio is reporting that Common‘s foundation Common Ground and Kanye’s DONDA
organization will be holding a music festival this year to raise money and awareness for their cause.‘Obviously, one of the biggest reasons our kids are going through what they’re going through is because of poverty. I was doing an event in the neighborhood and there were some kids from Englewood and I said, ‘Man, what do y’all really need? What’s gonna stop this?’ And they were like, ‘We need money. Man, if we could work.’ They want a chance.’ says Common