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Jason Jones, Lil Baby, Loyal Armani Jones and Lashon Jones attend fifth Annual Back-To-School Fest

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Key Takeaways:

• Lil Baby returned to Atlanta’s West End to host his fifth annual Back to School Fest on Saturday (July 26), providing free provides, footwear and haircuts.
• The occasion launched his new nonprofit, The Jones Project, which goals to empower native youth and households.
• Over 4,000 college students and households loved meals, video games and help providers.

Lil Baby continues to present again to his neighborhood and those that will not be as lucky as he has been. Over the weekend, the Atlanta rapper gifted faculty provides to native youngsters for a fifth 12 months in a row, however this time it was by way of his personal newly minted nonprofit group.

On Saturday (July 26) Lil Baby’s nonprofit, The Jones Project, hosted the fifth annual Back to School Fest in Atlanta’s West End, the identical neighborhood the place the “Drip Too Hard” rapper grew up. According to Complex, greater than 4,000 college students and households attended the occasion, which was held at West End Production Park. They have been handled to a full day of meals, video games and leisure, and blessed with faculty provides, uniforms, haircuts, footwear and extra.

The festivities have been on model with sports activities and school-themed carnival video games, together with pop-up lecture rooms and locker rooms the place the children have been in a position to decide up their provides. Plus, having not too long ago wrapped a tour in support of January’s WHAM, Lil Baby was in a position to make an look on the occasion himself.

Back to School Fest 2025 was placed on with companions that included The Athlete’s Foot, which supplied sneakers, and Fanatics, which supplied free gear. The meals was connected by Zaxby’s, Slim & Husky’s Pizza and Dr. Bombay. The objective was to arrange youngsters for the upcoming faculty 12 months, and from the grins on the faces of everybody in attendance, mission completed.

The Jones Project is a community-based nonprofit based by Lil Baby and, per a press launch, is dedicated to “empowering the children and families of Atlanta’s historic and vibrant West End by providing access to essential needs, including food, clothing, educational support and safe spaces.”

How actual is that?