Quavo wants to give back to the local Atlanta community through The Rocket Foundation. Huncho announced the launch of the Spark Grants initiative on Wednesday (March 20), which will award 10 different organizations with $10,000 to help minimize gun violence and spread awareness around the ATL.
The grants will be awarded to recipients on June 18, which is also the birthday of Quavo's late nephew and Migos bandmate Takeoff and falls on National Gun Violence Awareness Month.
Takeoff (born Kirshnik Khari Ball), 28, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of November 1, 2022 while attending a private party with Quavo at 810 Billiards & Bowling in downtown Houston.
Last year, Quavo headed to Washington, DC, to meet with Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss gun violence and what could be done to reduce the amount of guns on the streets. Twenty-four hours later, the White House unveiled plans for the Office of Gun Violence Prevention.
“I am honored to launch this grant program to honor Take and the countless families affected by gun violence,” Quavo said in a statement. “The Rocket Foundation will award $100,000 in Spark grants to local organizations dedicated to reducing community violence in Atlanta.”
He continued: “There is a lot of important work being done in ATL right now and part of our mission is to elevate these organizations and support them to save more lives.”
Applications from non-profit organizations must be submitted by April 21st, and then the $100,000 total will be awarded on June 18th. The 10th winner will be chosen by the public by voting on The Rocket Foundation website.
Investigators said shots were fired during the afterparty attended by several dozen people, with TakeOff pronounced dead at the scene by what the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office said were “puncture wounds to the head and torso to the arm.”
Less than a month before TakeOff's murder, Quavo and Take teamed up to form the duo Unc & Phew (TakeOff is Quavo's nephew) and unleash Made for Infinity links only album. The LP debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200.
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