This past Thursday, Jay-Z held a carnival-themed fundraiser (fittingly titled Making The Ordinary Extraordinary) at New York’s Pier 54 for his Shawn Carter Foundation. With Alex Rodriguez, C.C. Sabathia, Questlove, Beyonce and more in attendance (and tickets priced at $1,000 each); the event was able to raise $1 million to help fund college scholarships for underprivileged kids. Hit the jump to check Jay’s thoughts and goals on his foundation.
And while I’m at it, big shouts to 50 Cent on his quest to serve 1 billion meals to kids in need as well. The world needs more things like this.
Curtis >>> Shawn
curtis>shawn? when both are trying to help the world? how about the world>curtis+shawn. or my nuts>@Boi-1da
Nipsey just leaked a new song on twitter.
50 and jay doing good things. whats birdshit doing buying new cars and lil wayne presents
50 is doing more yes, but jay-z is also helping and I’m sure birdman will feel left out and raise 20 bucks for the homeless guy down the street or something
who the fuck votes this kinda shit down? smh….
Very admirable.
people actually gave this a thumbs down? dude raised a milli for underprivileged kids. come on people.
Curtis is launching the Street King campaign just get some awareness for this brand. After 2 years he will sell it to Coca Cola. Jay just invited some friend and pulled some money from their pockets. I think Jay still has dignity. Curtis is in this game JUST ABOUT THE MONEY
OK, real talk right quick… who do u guys think has the fatter cock?
Shawn or Curtis?
For real tho… who’s got the fatter cock?
Why is this being made into who is doing better?
If we’re looking at it in that perspective, they’re both doing way better than any of you/us. It’s good to see some of the music industry giants help out with charity by raising money/awareness.
Good looks.
If we’re gonna compare Curtis and Shawn, let’s actually have a serious debate about somethink important…
On that note… and this is real talk… who do u guys think has the fatter cock?
Shawn or Curtis?
For real tho… who’s got the fatter cock?
@Real Talk – Marty McFly would be happy to give you the answer to that question
jay-z is loaded and is only raising a million for charity -___-
Where did all these c section faggots come from anyway. GTFOH
Do you guys realise that these so-called celebrities make YOU spend your hard-earned money on charity instead of giving THEIR money on it. You praise 50 and Jay for doing that. They don’t lose any $$$. Unless they spend their own money on charity, I won’t buy on that shit!!!
this nigga is worth half a billion, why don’t he match that million?
@cole agreed…he’s worth half a billion and the rest of those names can just give a milli..good cause but lets be serious, they can give way more…
exactly. they could have just gave this money without raising, without hype. It’s all about greed and ego. Fuck that shit.
This is dope. Anyone comparing 50 and Jay should just stfu. They’re both doing great things.
50 is gonna surpass this by like 999,999,999 million$$$!!!
awesome. with state budgets getting cut, education- state funding for higher education certainly included- is the first to get cut. tuition skyrockets and a university education is further entrenched as a privilege for wealthy whites to party and bullshit for four years.
good to see jay helping to undercut the system and work to level the playing field.
“Rich get richer till the poor get educated” – Sage francis
I’ll never forget after Hurricane Katrina hit the NO they had Baby on 106 & the guy came off as if what he lost meant more than what the average NO person lost.
But big ups to Jay and 50 for doing some good for our community!
so these ‘artists’ (read illuminati puppets) have tens ifnot hundreds of millions and they have to ‘raise’ 1 million dollar to charity??? if these artists are so well aware of all shit in the world cant the take 1 million out of there own 1000000000000000000 to give to the people that built them up….?
this is what wrong with the world, its all a smoke screen so WE have to raise money and THEM will take the cradits
fuck illuminati rap
hip-hop is alive
Only on 2dopeboyz people get hated on when they do charity, and to the people saying he could have given money himself, he has been doing it since 2002 and his mother even received a prize from the state of new york for her work as a ceo of this organization.
If you don’t know what you talking about then just shut the fuck up, raising money also make people know about his charity the proof being that nobody knew about this charity until know yet it exists since 2002.
^^^ Thank you, COSIGN and people still mad even at charity now.
surely Jay-Z has more than this “1 Million”s on his accounts why the fuck he doesnt use more millions himself instead leeching money from others?
Cosign Bob… and to th people saying, “he only raised 1milli???” If you ACTUALLY read something before you commented on you’d know he raised 1 milli in 1 night.
Ungrateful niggas TRULY amaze me. Everyday we see artists who aren’t making a 10th of the money Jay Generates posting videos about the cars, jewelry and other meaningless shit that really has NO VALUE, and all you hear is “damn he’s stuntin” or “racks on racks on racks”…. But a guy gathers celebrities, athletes, and businessmen to come together and help generate $1 million for some of OUR KIDS, and all we hear is people bitching and complaining about the amount he raised?
The simple fact is this: You have NEVER seen $1million, let alone have the power to help generate it in a single night to help pay a child’s way through college. A lot of you will NEVER accumulate that much over a lifetime simply because of attitudes like this! When it comes down to donating to a cause, who really gives a fuck who’s “better”? And who are you to tell someone what THEIR intentions on when trying to give back? everybody with this weak ass mentality is LAME. You sound like the homeless guy who tells you “nah man i don’t want kfc, i want mcdonald’s”. Do you think the kids that will receive this scholarship money are really turning their noses up to these people bc they “only” raised them 1 million in one night? Not to mention Jay has been raising money for causes for YEARS. What have YOU been raising money for? The economy is fucked, and unfortunately one of the first things to get cut from the budget is education. Teachers losing jobs, tuition skyrocketing, and kids having to drop out because they simply couldn’t afford to go to school, a man gives back and thats all you have to really say? I personally would respect some of you slow-minded fucks a bit more if you had just not said anything at all.
But I guess it’s all good because when its time for your kids to go to college you’ll have a couple million just sitting around to blow right? Yeah, good luck with that.
UnFUCKINGbelievable
i think i just came after reading unbelieveable’s comment. agreed and well said.
Anybody who dislike this post is a fag that is all
@dj khaled LOL, for real.
Curtis and Shawn, changing peoples lives. Waka? he brawlin’ in bowlin alleys. lol.
Fuck Jay-Z, man is worth 500 mill or so…1 mill ain’t nothing, knowing him a corporate sponsor donated to him to donate. Maybe A-Rod & Sabathia should been at home resting, or practicing..because they both blew it for the Yankees. have fun of the golf course douchebags.