Kanye supports George Floyd’s daughter’s college fund

Kanye West donated $2 million on Thursday to the families of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd, as well as set up a college fund for Floyd’s daughter Gianna.
TMZ reports West made a separate donation to help cover the legal costs for Arbery and Taylor’s families as well.

He established a 529 education plan to fully cover college tuition for Gianna Floyd. West’s donation comes following several other notable artists including The Weeknd, Drake, and other entertainers donating large sums of money towards non-profit organizations and other groups that can help the families of the victims.

Drake’s donation, in particular, went towards the National Bail Out fund, a group that is helping bail out black mothers and caregivers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Floyd, a black man who resided in Minneapolis, died on May 25 after fired Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck for over 8 minutes, resulting in an autopsy-specified homicide by asphyxia. He was laid to rest on Thursday in his Houston hometown during a star-studded, nationally televised memorial.

Ahmaud Arbery’s alleged killers, father-and-son duo Gregory and Travis McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan, were in court on Thursday for a preliminary hearing regarding the February 23 shooting. Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Richard Dial testified in court Travis called Arbery a “fucking nigger” after he gunned him down.