Way before Fifty’s documentary hit streaming platforms, he promised to donate funds from the project to non-profit organisations that fight violence against women. He did not forget, and he did not back out.
Several days ago, Fifty posted a video from an event where he donated $500,000 to nine non-profit organisations in the Shreveport/Bossier area.
The video was filmed in Shreveport by a local news channel, and their website lists all organisations that received money:
Gingerbread House
The Fountain’s Community Development Corporation (CDC)
Families Helping Families Region 7
Elle Foundation
Moms on a Mission
Best 13
MLK Community Development Corporation (CDC)
MLK Neighborhood Association
Northwest Louisiana Youth Golf & Education Foundation
As promised
“I said I would donate proceeds to domestic violence and to sexual assault victims, and I keep my word. I didn’t say where I would make the donations, and I like Shreveport”, Fifty explained to the channel.
In fact, Shreveport is not a random place. Fifty is investing serious money in the area and spends a lot of time here. He envisions this new project as the centre of his empire. 50 Cent is building G-Unit Studios, investing over $124 million to create a major production hub. The area has already been feeling the positive effects of this investment, which has created new jobs. Now, the third sector benefits from Fifty’s presence in the city.
This gesture proves that Fifty’s interest in making this revealing documentary was not grounded in greed. He did not chase money. He wanted to expose Diddy, and in the process, help some vulnerable women, women whose life stories partly remind those of survivors of Diddy’s sex trafficking ring.
And if Fifty did not try to resist and mentioned Diddy’s crimes again in the context of his charitable endeavour, no harm done.
