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Recipients Of Donations From Prince’s Concert Announced
The proceeds from Prince’s “Rally 4 Peace” concert last month will go to the NACCP and two city programs, according to a news release sent by the entertainer’s publicist.
The Baltimore Sun reports the NAACP’s Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics and the city’s YouthWorks and OneBaltimore programs will get the money. The amount of money to be donated wasn’t disclosed.
On May 10, Prince performed a wide range of hits and his new song, “Baltimore,” a protest anthem for the death of Freddie Gray, who died April 19, a week after he suffered a spinal injury after being arrested and transported without a seatbelt by Baltimore police.
Photo: Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP
Fans line up outside Royal Farms Arena before Prince’s Baltimore concert.
On May 7, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced the OneBaltimore initiative as an effort to address the city’s problems.