{"id":191532,"date":"2019-09-04T04:28:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T09:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/nfl-roc-nation-donate-400k-in-chicago-meek-mill-and-meghan-show-support"},"modified":"2019-09-04T04:28:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T09:28:55","slug":"nfl-roc-nation-donate-400k-in-chicago-meek-mill-and-meghan-show-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/nfl-roc-nation-donate-400k-in-chicago-meek-mill-and-meghan-show-support","title":{"rendered":"NFL, Roc Nation Donate $400k in Chicago, Meek Mill and Meghan Show Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-113254\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">        \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n        \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"28.01998002\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"66.3125\">\n<section id=\"cb-49adc266f1d85f52377dfb7fed14543d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NFL-Roc-Nation-Donate-400k-in-Chicago-Meek-Mill-and-Meghan-Show-Support.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Exclusive<\/p>\n<p>                                  <span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty Composite<\/span>\n                  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-b8e2434371eff35d89f05222b64ca154\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"31\">\n<p><strong>Meek Mill<\/strong> and <strong>Meghan Trainor<\/strong> will make a crucial visit to kids in Chicago to set the tone \u2014 a $400k tone \u2014 for the NFL and Roc Nation\u2019s nationwide social outreach.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f439147bb37ae6f71f3942d36bbb1307\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"35\">\n<p>Sources connected to the league tell us its Inspire Change program is donating $400,000 to 2 Chicago groups which give at risk kids alternatives to gang and gun violence. Meek and Meghan \u2014 as well as <strong>Vic Mensa<\/strong> and <strong>Rapsody<\/strong> \u2014 will visit both programs this week.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f7a932f6a11c82b344639b27ecbf0c23\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"33\">\n<p>We\u2019re told the groups were hand-selected and vetted by Roc Nation, which started working with the NFL when <strong>Jay Z<\/strong> launched his new partnership with the league.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-6e307d977f0e2d863fed36e1da36c637\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"w-100\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\n<div id=\"video-player-617689d8-a5a1-5d72-baba-2cceab1c56a3-1092374981-image-holder\" class=\"video-block-image-holder vilynx_enabled vilynx_audiopolicycta vilynx_hidectaicon\" data-vilynx-id=\"www.tmz.com\/videos\/081519-roger-goodell-jay-z-v2-4612800-0-6ax7p4y0\">\n              <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-617689d8-a5a1-5d72-baba-2cceab1c56a3-1092374981-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Colin-Kaepernick039s-GF-Blasts-Jay-Z-After-Video-of-NFL-Mtg.-Surfaces.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>              <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">NFL<\/span>\n          <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-281c7e1537f6c53e4387311d1a5cab24\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"35.700729927\">\n<p>One of the groups is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbffamilyservices.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>BBF (Better Boys Foundation) Family Services<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 which, we\u2019re told, Vic and Rapsody will visit Wednesday. Founded in the 1960s \u2026 BBF says it provides education, employment and youth services, as well as family health programs to more than 400 families.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a69af26bb668b56eb7aedc26a9148495\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"35\">\n<p>The other group, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crushersclub.org\/#block-yui_3_17_2_1_1523442679811_74336\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Crusher\u2019s Club<\/strong><\/a>, says its mission is to help Chicago kids \u201crestore their lives and improve their neighborhoods.\u201d Meghan and Meek will be at Crusher\u2019s on Thursday \u2026 ahead of their NFL Kickoff concert.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-b10b130dc67882186174b3c92fd42e80\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"37.5\">\n<p>As we reported, Meek and Meghan came on board, not just to perform the NFL Kickoff concert, but as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/08\/30\/jay-z-nfl-launch-inspire-change-apparel-concert-meek-mill-meghan-trainor-songs-of-season\/\"><strong>advocates for Inspire Change<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 the league\u2019s arm to support player and team efforts to focus on education, police and community relation and criminal justice reform.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-058f2ef0185de607b77bd1b29d68bfd3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-block-is-last \" readability=\"35\">\n<p>We\u2019re told Chicago will be a prototype of sorts, as Roc Nation, the NFL and the Players Coalition \u2014 under the Inspire Change umbrella \u2014 plan to do the same with 2 groups in every NFL city.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/09\/04\/nfl-roc-nation-inspire-change-chicago-donation-meek-mill-meghan-trainor\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/nfl-roc-nation-donate-400k-in-chicago-meek-mill-and-meghan-show-support\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive Getty Composite Meek Mill and Meghan Trainor will make a crucial visit to kids in Chicago to set the tone \u2014 a $400k tone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}