Lil Durk Establishes Durk Banks Scholarship In Partnership With Howard University
Clarkston, Michigan - October 1 2021: Lil Durk on the Voice Of The Hero tour at DTE Music Theater
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By: Omar Cook
Chicago rap star Lil Durk is giving back in a major way to two Chicago students in a new partnership with Howard University, Amazon, and his non-profit organization, Neighborhood Heroes Foundation.
According to Billboard, Durk has launched the Durk Banks Scholarship alongside Amazon Music.
“I’m the voice; this the part they don’t show, I appreciate all the kids who struggling to finish school and needed this blessing ……. #almosthealed @amazonmusic @howard1867 @billboard @rotation”
The scholarship will benefit two incoming freshman as they will receive $50,000 towards their tuition at Howard University. Durk is looking to make a change in his community that is bigger than rap and this scholarship fund is a step forward in changing some deserving students lives in Chicago.
“Change the narrative,” Lil Durk said to Variety. “It’s stuff we never got a chance to do or somebody never did for us. A lot of people don’t do it as far as the music era that we’re in. In my age range, it’s more toward, ‘Let’s go feed them turkeys, let’s go feed them meals.’ My team came together where we turned it up a notch. I wanted to come up with something that was different and impactful.”
Alongside the $50,000 scholarship fund, Durk also donated $250,000 to help Chicago students eligible for Howard’s Graduation Retention Access to Continued Excellence (GRACE) Grant. GRACE is a program that assists students with staying on course to graduation by offering financial assistance.
“For me to boost them up and get them to the next level, it was like a no-brainer,” he stated. “And this scholarship was a super-no-brainer for me. For me and my team, having my own scholarship is like a Grammy.”
Last weekend, Lil Durk headlined Howard University’s Springfest 2023 where he also spent $100,000 on a trip for 20 high school students when they visited the University.
Lil Durk is spreading some love to Chicago’s youth by pushing them to excel in school and stay out the streets. This is major with hopefully more to come from other entertainers.
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