50 Cent Visits Famine Victims In Somalia, Kenya
Posted on 15. Feb, 2012 by citizen in Entertainment
50 Cent is donating to World Food Program 10 cents from every sale of a new energy drink called Street King that he is promoting. (Photo: Keith HInkle)
NAIROBI, Kenya – Rapper 50 Cent is teaming up with the World Food Program to see firsthand the effects of hunger in Somalia and Kenya.
The rap star flew to Dolo, Somalia last week. Tens of thousands of women and children have fled there over the last year to flee a devastating famine that killed tens of thousands of people across Somalia.
WFP said the rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, has committed to provide one billion meals for the hungry, and is donating to WFP 10 cents from every sale of a new energy drink called Street King that he is promoting.
The U.N. last week declared an end to Somalia’s six-month famine; though it said tens of thousands of people still need food aid to survive. The British government estimates that between 50,000 and 100,000 people died from the famine’s effects. AP
