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Hip hop star Meek Mill donated $500,000 worth of Christmas gifts to Philadelphia families in need on Sunday.
The line stretched for several blocks outside the Grand Yesha Ballroom on 2308 Snyder Avenue where the event took place from noon to 5 p.m.
Mill, born Robert Rihmeek Williams, arrived to greet the thousands of people who attended.
“I feel like if you can help, help,” he said. “We’ve been doing it for a while now in our community.”
Mill, 34, along with his DreamChasers organization and with support from Fanatics CEO and Sixers co-owner Michael Rubin, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and Roc Nation, gave away several gifts during the event, including macbooks, Amazon Fire HD tablets, bikes, helmets, gift cards, board games, dolls and winter coats.
“I’m trying to get him a laptop or like a tablet or something so he could play with it,” Lasheya Wright, a mom from Drexel Hill who attended the event, told NBC10. “He likes electronics.”
Wright said the past two years have been difficult for her family and she was blown away by the kindness of strangers.
“It’s great. I love it,” Wright said. “I love when people give back to the community. It’s the best.”
Mill also made a separate $30,000 donation to the Philadelphia chapter of Twelve Days of Christmas, a volunteer organization that provides supplies to families in need during the holidays.
“I appreciate it because it’s real inspirational to the youth because there’s a lot going on right now and it's a lot of killing going on right now,” Saeed Huntley of South Philadelphia said. “But it’s like he’s really helping. It’s real inspirational and I appreciate it.”
Mill, who was born and raised in Philadelphia, is a Grammy-nominated rapper with two Platinum albums and two Gold albums. His fifth solo studio album, “Expensive Pain,” was released in October, debuting at number 3 on the US Billboard 200 chart.
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