Rapper The Game Donates $1,000,000 To Help Flint Water Crisis

West Coast emcee The Game pledged to donate $500,000 of the tour money he’s made thus far oversees, partnering with a water company Avita who added another $500,000 to deliver bottles directly to residents of Flint, Michigan currently suffering through the horrific water crisis.

The thing about it is, he did this without any press release, no video, no media contacted, no fanfare. He just simply sent it and shared the wire transaction with his instagram followers.

“It’s obviously a very big deal and a tragedy in Flint, and I saw people donating small amounts, and I just thought I’d go above and beyond that,” The Game, reports the Daily Beast. “So I donated the funds from the first 11 shows of my European tour. Avita matched it and they’ll be one million bottles of water given out — 33,000 bottles of water at a time because of trucking and shipping it in and out. It’s not easy shipping it out because of the snowstorms, and trucks being backed up. But we’ll get it there, however long it takes.”

Also, every follow @AvitaWater gets, The Game’s Foundation, The RobinHood Project will donate an additional two bottles to Flint on top

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His Instagram post below explains it in detail:

I put up $1,000,000 yesterday for water in flint but even that won’t be enough being that it will only provide 9-10 bottles per person a day just to barely get to the next day… The population is a bit over 100,000 so what we’re donating is all good but it won’t last forever & will be consumed in just weeks…. This situation isn’t about who has the most money or who’s getting the biggest media coverage, it’s about bringing awareness to this tragedy to the millions of people on the outside looking in on flint Michigan wondering how to help. It’s about not one person trying to make a difference but everyone pulling their resources together and doing what’s best for the community of Flint, making sure that the dollars set in place to actually help Flint not only gets to Flint but gets there in a timely manner. It’s not just about giving water away but the make up of the whole process, from workers bottling useable water, to trucking companies delivering water down to the people who takes the water when it’s time to distribute the water. It’s a whole big picture people don’t see. If I give 1000 cases of water away and 200 get into the hands of a person who truely isn’t in need and is just taking water because it’s free, then those people are just as big as the problem. Or if someone donates money for water but the company who gets money donation knows that realistically they can’t get water to flint for several days or weeks then that company is part of the problem. That’s why I choose to team @therobinhoodproject up with @avitawater through @moneygangworldwide. They are for 1, a Michigan based company only hours away from Flint Michigan so getting water to Flint is no problem. It’s also very important that all donations touch the community of Flint. It’s a underlying problem bigger than the water itself and people need to see and understand that….. when they are trying to figure out what roll they can play in this situation… If you want a trustworthy charity organization to donate to… Selfmadefoundation.org & whatever you donate will help get the city back on track….. They deserve it !

A photo posted by The Game (@losangelesconfidential) on Jan 27, 2016 at 4:00pm PST

#WATERFORFLINT PROOF !!! So, I’m on tour & not in the US as I’d like to be to help with this water crisis in Flint, Michigan 1st hand…. #1 because my younger sister & her children live there & 2nd because I care. Most celebs on here faking using the word “Pledge” in their so called donations are not fooling anyone! The truth is the population in Flint, Michigan is about 105,000 people & it takes at least 9 bottles per person a day just to use to bathe, brush their teeth, drink & cook with… So on behalf my charity @TheRobinHoodProject I am donating $1,000,000 in water bottles..$500,000 coming out of my own pocket (which is everything I’ve made on tour up to this point) & the other 1/2 being met by @AvitaWater & the 1st drop is being made TODAY 1pm eastern time at “Food Bank East Michigan” 2300 Lapeer Road flint Michigan 48503 & the 1st drop will be 1400 cases of water equaling about 33,000 bottles today & everyday that follows until 1,000,000 bottles of water are dropped !!!!

To those who think it’s easy getting this water to Flint, it’s not so the people who are PLEDGING they are, show us.. We want proof !!! Stop using others tragedies for your own celebrity gain… You’re not fooling ANYONE ! I seen @Madonna & @JimmyFallon’s $10,000 donations… that’s cute, but not nearly enough…. So I challenge both & anyone else in the world to match me & DONATE $1,000,000 in bottled water to Flint, Michigan & we want proof, shipping order receipts, bank wire receipts, pictures etc……….. No more pretending to give a fuck….. I donate money all the time & it comes out of my pocket & never once have I written anything off on my taxes because that’s not why I do it !!!!!!!!

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So, if any other celebrity wants to MATCH MY MILLION here’s the site where you can donate http://selfmadefoundation.org or pick your own.. JUST MAKE SURE THE WATER ACTUALLY GETS TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT !! & I don’t wanna see anyone else using the word “PLEDGE” in their donation or press release because we know that that means. “YOU JUST TALKING & TRYING TO MAKE YOURSELF LOOK LIKE A HUMANITARIAN” !!! #WaterForFlint #TheRobinHoodProject #AvitaH20Corp #SelfmadeFoundation #HUMANPOWERBALL

Thousands of kids have been exposed to lead poisoning, which can damage their developmental growth, and…

…the adults in the town are not fairing much better. A state of emergency was declared in the city over the state of the water.

“I don’t care what people say, hate or dislike about me….,” says the Game. “You will not stop my heart, the way I care nor the things I do for my people……. No matter the skin color, I give a shit !!!! No I’m not from Flint, Michigan…. No I don’t have a billion like Dr. Dre or P Diddy…. But I have been blessed enough to make enough money where I am able & willing to give $1,000,000 to a city in need…. Who’s city officials were poisoning its residents & slowly trying to kill their children !!!”