Key Takeaways:

• The rapper’s $50,000 donation helps Dallas nonprofits working to scale back youth violence.
• His charitable act comes as he prepares to launch the “Make America Slime Again Tour.”
• The transfer displays a shift in YoungBoy’s public picture following years of authorized challenges.

YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s “Make America Slime Again Tour” begins Monday (Sept. 1) with two sold-out nights at Dallas’ American Airlines Center. Before taking the stage, the rapper determined to offer again to the town in an enormous method.

According to FOX 4 News’ Casey Stegall, YoungBoy donated $50,000 on Sunday (Aug. 31) to 2 Dallas-based nonprofits working to scale back violent crime. Half went to Manifest Freedom, co-founded by his lawyer Brittany Okay. Barnett, who represented him in the clemency case under Donald Trump. The different half was donated to Urban Specialists, a nationwide nonprofit devoted to lowering gang violence.

“Basically, it’s just to help try to stop the crime,” the Baton Rouge native stated. “You know, a lot of people be getting hurt, so it ain’t really cool at this point to me, so I just want to help in any way I [can].”

Urban Specialists’ Antong Lucky defined to FOX 4 News, “Anytime you have a megastar like this who is saying, ‘Man, we care about our communities enough that we’ll donate to the cause,’ that’s sending messages throughout America that redemption and transformation [are] real for these young people.” He added, “‘Cause a lot of them young people find themselves in the shoes of feeling like they’re NBA YoungBoy.”

YoungBoy’s “Make America Slime Again Tour” will sweep by main cities together with Los Angeles, Chicago, Brooklyn, Detroit, and extra earlier than wrapping up at Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena on Nov. 12. Offset, NoCap, and Toosii will be a part of him on choose dates.

Although the “Kacey Talk” rapper’s newest album, Make America Slime Again, would be the most important draw, the joy can also be fueled by the truth that he’s lastly hitting the highway after about 5 years. His time away from the stage was largely resulting from house arrest in Utah starting in 2021, following a firearm possession arrest the yr earlier than.