

(Freddie Gibbs Performs At The Soundset Festival 2015; Photo by Scott Heins)

Freddie Gibbs has always kept the closest of ties to his hometown of Gary, Indiana, and in a new, noble campaign the MC hopes to raise $3,000 for school supplies that will go to the city’s kids–a boost that might make all the difference in helping a child meet their own potential. Gibbs has started a GoFundMe page with a goal set at $3,000, all of which will be donated to the School Supply Giveaway of Gary (SSGA). “Growing up in Gary there was little opportunity for a kid like me to make something of myself,” Gibbs (who just had a beautiful baby girl) wrote on the fund’s main page. “Not having the basic supplies that every other kid in any other city had left a lot of us with little motivation to do well in school and turned a lot of us to darker paths.”

Those who donate can rest assured that the SSGA is an entirely non-profit organization; every last dime will go toward buying backpacks, notebooks, writing utensils and so much more. “There’s a lot of kids in Gary that are really at a disadvantage without that,” Gibbs said in a video announcing the crowdfunding campaign. This is one cause that all rap fans–scratch that, all people everywhere–can get behind. Hats off to you, Freddie.

Read more and DONATE to Freddie Gibbs’s Gary, Indiana school supplies campaign here.