Lil Durk Meets With Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot For Neighborhood Heroes Initiative
Lil Durk is trying to strengthen his local community while also expressing his concerns about it.
On Wednesday (February 15), the Chicago rapper took to his Instagram account with a message for everyone trying to contact him. According to Durk, he’s been busy doing philanthropic work and focusing on being a hero to his community.
In his post, the “Broadway Girls” shared photos of a recent event called “Dinner with Durk” at Gibson’s steakhouse in the Windy City. HipHopDX reports the event was organized through Durk’s non-profit Neighborhood Heroes Foundation and had 30 high school students dining with five mayoral candidates to provide the city’s youth a chance to speak on bettering their communities.
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Durk is seen having a discussion with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot in one of the pictures. “If I haven’t been picking up my phone I been busy being a neighborhood hero! #PaveTheWay,” Durk captioned the post.
Last May, Durk’s Neighborhood Heroes Foundation partnered with the non-profit Chicago Votes to supply Illinois inmates and correctional facility workers with 29,000 of hand sanitizer to help the prison system’s lack of access to clean water amid the COVID-19 crisis. Overall, his organization’s goal is to make positive changes in under-resourced areas.
Additionally, the rapper launched an HBCU college program last year through his foundation, where he introduced students to different kinds of career paths.
