Meek Mill has pledged to support Philadelphia mayor Cherelle L. Parker after a mass shooting left eight teenagers injured.
According to NBC Philadelphia, three gunmen opened fire on a bus on Wednesday (March 6) as high school students waited at the bus stop.
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Police said seven teenage boys and a teenage girl were shot. One of the victims, a 16-year-old boy, is fighting for his life after being shot nine times, while the other seven are in stable condition.
Responding to Mayor Parker appearing on the news to say “enough is enough” in regards to continued violence in the city, Meek said he wanted to be a part of the solution in his hometown.
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“I wanna help her especially with education,” he wrote on X. “I have dreams of working with the Yas foundation with dream chasers academy to offer these kids resources with technology and to travel outside of that environment to understand life! I’m in on reform ima join helping with education!”
He added: “If you black or brown talk about this … it’s kids that’s gonna pick up guns because they think they gonna die b4 they turn 21 for a gun license! You will go from Xbox to Glock because of your environment … and get locked up for trying to survive it it’s terrible!”
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The rapper also called on people to not follow bad examples set by their elders: “Growing up around killers that won’t reason with you before they kill you is like trying to negotiate with a terrorist.
“In our city we used to death and currently going through something with everybody killing everybody it’s hard to focus or prosper! DO NOT FOLLOW THE HEATHENS!”
Meek Mill has attempted to become more involved in the community and politics following his 2017 prison stint for a parole violation.
Last year he, along with Kevin Hart and billionaire Michael Rubin, banded together to help low-income students in the Philadelphia area.
According to a press release, the trio donated $7 million to be spread across 60 private and parochial schools. The money was partly used to offer the students scholarships and provide them with at-home tools such as WiFi, laptops and tablets.
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In partnership with Meek’s REFORM Alliance charity, more than 30 children — all of whom had parents who were unjustly affected by the criminal justice system — were treated to a superstar-filled Christmas.
