RadioOnFire.com - The Weeknd donated $250,000 to Black Lives Matter recently, and it's one of the largest donations to the organization from any artist.
Two sources confirmed the gesture to The FADER this week. The singer also recently donated $50,000 to The University of Toronto to fund a new Ethiopic Studies program. The Weeknd has been quite vocal about his views on police brutality in the past. After the shootings, which killed Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, The Weeknd took to Twitter to vocalize his frustration. “Enough is enough. it’s time to stand up for this. we can either sit and watch, or do something about it. the time is now.#blacklivesmatter,” he said. In a follow-up tweet, Weeknd took a shot at police. “#BLUELIVESMURDER,” he wrote.
Source: hiphopdx.com
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