Jay Z Used His Cash To Bail Out Black Lives Matter Protesters
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What do you do if you’re a celebrity with more money than God? You use it to help those less fortunate. Jay Z put his money where his mouth was and used his cash to bail out anti-police brutality demonstrators in Baltimore, Maryland and Ferguson, Missouri.
In a series of now-deleted tweets, activist Dream Hampton admitted that the rapper sent him tens of thousands of dollars to bail out dozens of protesters. “When we needed money for bail for Baltimore protesters, I asked hit Jay up [sic], as I had for Ferguson, wired tens of thousands in mins,” he said. “When [Black Lives Matter] needed infrastructure money for the many chapters that we’re growing like beautiful dandelions, Carters wrote a huge check.”
