On the same day it was announced that Kanye West is the world’s highest paid musician, the entertainer used some of those funds to donate $2 million to the families of recent police killing victims George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery according to CNN.
West, who is no stranger to speaking out on issues affecting black people, has also set up a college fund to cover tuition for Floyd’s daughter, Gianna.
Attorney Lonita Baker, one of the lawyers representing Taylor’s family, said that West offered to pay the litigation costs to pursue the civil case.
Floyd, who was already in handcuffs and fully contained by police officers, died in Minneapolis on Memorial Day.
He was filmed pleading for air, after yelling out that he couldn’t breathe, as a white police officer ignored Floyd’s please and knelt on his neck.
