Rapper 2 Chainz gave a five-room two-restroom home to a poor family of 11 through his TRU Foundation.
In a video posted on 2 Chainz's YouTube page today (January 19), the rapper personally welcomes the family, which incorporates two sets of twins, to their new home.
2 Chainz heard the story concerning the family through a GoFundMe campaign that was made by Atlanta's Progression Church in the wake of listening to that the family was experiencing hardship. 2 Chainz says he is keeping on giving back despite the fact that it is past the Christmas season and he is not hoping to pick up anything from it.
"This right here ain't gonna save me taxes," he says. "It's in the beginning of the year. I'm looking forward to seeing their smiles. I'm looking forward to the kids growing up knowing that Uncle 2 Chainz came through...Keep praying. You gotta have faith. You gotta believe."
The family's head and father of nine couldn't work because of his health condition and the family was staying in a two-room home that was pervaded with rats and mold. They would have been ousted just before the Church's officials and congregation ventured into help.
"We ain't know where we was gonna go," says the retired father. "We was not looking forward to nothing like this. It is way over our head, but we gonna learn how to deal with it. But we thank God for it. ... Now we don't have to cry no more. We don't have to worry nothin no more."
2 Chainz has used money from his Dabbin Santa Christmas sweaters to families in need. The rapper made a reported $2 million from the apparel and purchased a van for another family and helped a handicapped veteran pay her rent last Christmas.