Lil Durk plans to organizing a concert in Chicago that he’s dubbing ‘Smurkchella’ in an effort to help combat the violence in his city.
Taking to his Instagram Story on Wednesday (April 10), he put a call out for artists who want to help him put together the event, which he plans on hosting at the Bears’ stadium.
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“I’ma do a Smurkchella next year at the bears stadium in Chicago,” he wrote. “it’s gone be a stop the violence event and we gone split half the money with different non profits from big to small. I need help I need every artist who locked in with me to help save these kids.”
He then tagged the non-profit organization he created and added: “@neighborhoodheroesfoundation will help put it together let’s go this my way of giving back without saying it to look cool.”
Lil Durk wants to host a "Smurkchella" next year in Chicago & split half of the proceeds with different non profits pic.twitter.com/gqWwaTgZpI
— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) April 10, 2024
Lil Durk launched his Neighborhood Heroes non-profit organization in 2020 and has been steadily giving back to his community in the years that followed.
In 2022, they partnered with a non-profit named Chicago Votes to supply inmates and correctional facility workers at the Illinois Department of Correction with 29,000 bottles of hand sanitizer. The initiative was launched to combat the prison system’s lack of access to clean water amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
“It’s obvious, those locked up or working at a correctional facility are going to be at a higher risk of exposure to COVID-19,” therapper said in a statement at the time. “At the end of the day, this disease ain’t to be played with, and everyone should have the basic hygiene necessities to help prevent catching this virus. It only made sense for my foundation (Neighborhood Heroes) to collaborate with Chicago Votes and IDOC.”
In 2023, the foundation organized a “Dinner with Durk” event in Chicago, giving 30 high school students the opportunity to dine with five mayoral candidates to give the city’s youth a chance to talk about bettering their respective communities.
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That same year, the “Old Days” hitmaker also partnered with Amazon Music to provide two students from the metropolis with $50,000 scholarships to attend Howard University.
They were both selected from 20 participants in the 31-year-old’s Neighborhood Heroes HBCU College & Career Readiness Cohort Program. Additionally, he donated $250,000 to Howard’s GRACE Grant – a program created to help students needing tuition assistance.
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Sharing the news on his Instagram, Durk wrote: “I’m the voice this the part they don’t show, I appreciate all the kids who are struggling to finish school and needed this blessing.”
