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Kanye West Creates College Fund for George Floyd’s Daughter Gianna

Mehera Bonner
2 min read
Photo credit: Kevin Mazur - Getty Images
Photo credit: Kevin Mazur - Getty Images

From Cosmopolitan

  • Kanye West has created a college fund for George Floyd’s 6-year-old daughter, Gianna.

  • He’s also donated $2 million to charities associated with Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd.


As protests against police brutality and systemic racism continue across the country, Kanye West has set up a college fund to cover tuition for George Floyd’s 6-year-old daughter, Gianna. Per Variety, a representative for Kanye also confirmed that he donated $2 million to charities associated with Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and Floyd and has pledged to cover legal costs for Arbery’s and Taylor’s families.

After news of his donation broke, Kanye joined protesters in Chicago, where he plans to financially give back to Black-owned businesses.

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Meanwhile, Kim Kardashian spoke out about Floyd’s murder at the hands of the police on Instagram, writing in part: “Like so many of you, I am angry. I am more than angry. I am infuriated and I am disgusted. I am exhausted by the heartbreak I feel seeing mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, and children suffering because their loved one was murdered or locked away unjustly for being Black. Even though I will never know the pain and suffering they have endured or what it feels like to try to survive in a world plagued by systemic racism, I know I can use my own voice to help amplify those voices that have been muffled for too long.”

Here are guides for how to demand justice right now, how to find mental health resources if you’re a Black woman, how to talk to your relatives about Black Lives Matter, how to spot a fake protest story, and how to protest safely.

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