Quavo is popping heartbreak into motion. Following a wave of gun violence in Atlanta that left 49 individuals shot and 5 useless over simply 4 days, the Migos rapper has teamed up with The Rocket Foundation to launch an “Emergency Therapy Support Fund” to assist households affected by the tragedy.

Two of the victims had been near Quavo personally, Aaron Hines, recognized locally as “Coach Ball,” and 18-year-old Deshawn Johnson, a former participant in one in every of Quavo’s Rocket Foundation youth camps. Both had been fatally shot, including a deeply private weight to the trigger.

The fund will supply speedy entry to remedy and emotional help for grieving households, and Quavo is asking on the general public to donate and assist increase psychological well being companies all through the neighborhood. The initiative goals to deal with not simply the bodily affect of gun violence, but additionally the long-term emotional toll it leaves behind.

The announcement comes on the heels of Quavo’s second annual Rocket Summit, held in Atlanta throughout Gun Violence Prevention Month. Hosted on the College Football Hall of Fame, the summit gathered neighborhood leaders, advocates, and celebrities, together with All The Smoke hosts Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, for a robust day of conversations and workshops round intervention and systemic reform.

Quavo has been on a mission since 2022, when his nephew and fellow Migos member Takeoff was shot and killed. In the time since, he’s taken his advocacy all the way in which to Washington, D.C., even assembly with Vice President Kamala Harris to push for stronger anti-violence measures.

Through the Emergency Therapy Support Fund, Quavo and The Rocket Foundation hope to deliver therapeutic and momentum to a metropolis that continues to really feel the devastating results of gun violence, and to honor Takeoff’s legacy with goal.