The festive season is upon us and Grammy-nominated rapper 2 Chainz has continued with his generous Christmas spirit.
Real name Tauheed Epps, he returned to his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, fresh from his donation to a disabled war veteran, for whom he bought furniture and paid for a year’s rent.
This time he has donated a minivan to a family whose house tragically burned down and left their son needing regular hospital treatment after he suffered brain damage. The incident occurred in September, and left youngest child Antonio Jones needing constant physical therapy.
2 Chainz again documented the scene which he later posted to his YouTube page. In it he explains how he came across their unfortunate circumstances and how he wanted to help them through the struggle. “You all’s story, it affected a lot of people,” the rapper told the overwhelmed family.
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The proceeds were raised by 2 Chainz’s now famed ‘Dabbing Santa’ Ugly Christmas sweaters, which you can see him proudly wearing in the video above.
The generous acts that 2 Chainz is now regularly doing in his hometown area are carried out through the money raised by his T.R.U Foundation charity. The non-profit organisation was founded in 2013 and centres on fighting poverty and domestic violence in the Atlanta area.
2 Chainz’ ‘Twelve days of Christmas’ style charity work shows no signs of ending yet. To help support the cause and grab yourself a funky Christmas sweater that will be perfect for the Australian summer head on over to his website.
Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz has made a name for himself as one of the good guys, and regularly gives back to the community thanks to his TRU Foundation. Knowing what it’s like to grow up in some not-so-easy circumstances, 2 Chainz is now using his platform to give back to those who really need it, and just this week he upped the ante a little for Dierdre Plater.
A single mother and a veteran, Plater recently underwent surgery and has been looking for a job for nearly a year. Things were getting pretty tough indeed, before ol’ Tity Boi came along and literally changed her life.
Not only did he arrive with a U-Haul full of furniture in tow, but he also offered to pay Plater’s rent for a full year, which naturally made her dissolve almost instantly into tears.
“It’s hard to keep gas in the car, food in the house, and do everything by myself being a single parent,” Plater told CBS46.
Coming along for the ride were 2 Chainz own children, but it was Plater’s son, Isaiah that really stole the show, hitting one hell of a clean dab on camera. A portion of his donation was funded by his recently launched line of Ugly Christmas Sweaters, which features dabbing Santas, weed leaves and – you guessed it – two chains for all your gangsta Christmas needs. Watch the video of his surprise visit below, and enjoy some heart-warming goodness this festive season.
If you’re anything like me and love a good ol’ ugly christmas sweater, you are in for a treat. 2 Chainz has just dropped a new line of ridiculously sweet jumpers that even your grandma might like. The Atlanta rapper keeps it real by putting his own twist on the range. Most of the sweaters feature literal two chain details, dangling over a charming pattern of marijuana leaves. Others feature an amazingly weird knit image of Santa Claus ‘dabbing‘, the latest dance craze to come out of Atlanta.
The jumpers are pretty affordable, retailing at $30 – $34.99 USD depending on design, heres hoping Kanye takes a note for his next Yeezy line. 2 Chainz also shared a few photos of himself modelling the jumpers on Instagram, with each photo racking up about 14k likes, I’d recommend you get in fast before they sell out.
2 Chainz joins a long list of artists that have created their own ugly jumpers. Including but not limited to, Queens of the Stone Age, Motorhead, Wu-Tang Clan, Metallica and Blink 182. I guess everyone just really loves getting into the christmas spirit.
You can purchase the jumpers on his online store.
2 Chainz has also just dropped his video for BFF, featuring Jeezy. Watch below.
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