Jay Z And Beyonce Wired Money To Help Baltimore And Fergusson Protesters Supporting Movement In improving African-American Police Treatment
Jay Z and Beyonce extended financial aid to Baltimore and Fergusson protesters by transferring thousands of money to one of the protest organizers and activists, Dream Hampton.
In a report by Yahoo News, writer-activist, Dream Hampton, who worked with the rapper in 2010 for his "Decoded" memoir, revealed about Jay Z's donation including a 'hug check' in a series of Twitter posts on Sunday that have been deleted immediately.
Screen shots of the Tweets were taken by the site Complex as reported by Mail Online.
Hampton, once posted: "When we needed money for bail for Baltimore protesters, I... hit Jay up, as I had for Ferguson (and he) wired tens of thousands" of dollars within minutes."
"When BLM [Black Lives Matter] needed infrastructure money for the many chapters that we're growing like beautiful dandelions, Carters wrote a huge check. '
"...and more stuff, too much to list, actually, that they always insist folk keep quiet."
Later on, the activist posted another Tweet saying that she is deleting the Tweets as the rap mogul 'would be pi-issed' that she is posting evidence of his support for the group.
She went on defending Jay Z and Beyonce who is previously accused of not extending cash in fighting police brutality over African-American people even with their $1billion net worth.
''I can say I've personally helped facilitate donations they've given to protesters directly and that they never ask for anything in return, especially publicity," she told the new source.
Sky News remembered that protests has started last year when a white police officer shot dead African American teenager Michael Brown in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson.
Another protest came up last month in Baltimore when another black man, Freddie Gray, died from a spinal injury while in police custody.
Jay Z included these social issues about Mr Brown and Mr Gray in the lyrics of a freestyle rap segment.
The rapper and his superstar wife, Beyonce are also reported to have met the victim's families in last week's peace concert in Baltimore.
