The Weeknd Donates $500K To BLM Efforts

The Weeknd Donates $500K

The Weeknd encouraged the public to give whatever they could, no matter how small the amount, after sharing that he’d donated $500K to BLM efforts.

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keep supporting our brothers and sisters out there risking everything to push for actual change for our black lives. Urging everyone with big pockets to give and give big and if you have less please give what you can even if it's a small amount. #blacklivesmatter (links in story)

A post shared by The Weeknd (@theweeknd) on Jun 1, 2020 at 9:18pm PDT

George Floyd, thousands of people nationwide have been arrested. Many of those people don’t have the financial capabilities to make bail, so celebrities have stepped forward with financial pledges to help those in need.