Nas Helps Homeless Father Of 8 Raise Over $50,000 For New Home

Nas saw on the news how a single father of 8 kids, Stanley Young had lost his home in a fire, and decided to stretch a helping hand. he used his celebrity status to start a campaign online (via twitter and other sites) to raise money for the family. He started the campaign off by donating $5,000 of his money, and promised to donate another $5,000 when the donation reached $20,000. Nas and the contributors were able to come up with $30,000 in less than 24 hours.




Read Nas's words on the Fund Raiser below-

"Stanley Young is an unemployed construction worker and single father. Two weeks ago, a fire destroyed his home. His family is stuck in a hotel, but time is running out. I could barely watch his tragic story on the news…– they will be kicked out by August 13th if we don’t do something to help now.I am also a single father, and we don’t get enough credit in this country. I’m committed to helping Stanley and his eight (yes 8!) kids. Moreover, I believe and hope that we should all, as a community, come together to help our fellow American men and women when they need us in desperate situations like this. See if you can’t find a few dollars to help the Youngs get back on their feet with me. We need to raise enough to extend their stay, and maybe even afford a down payment on a new house or something.

This is real. It is me. I’m putting in $5,000 myself. Never done something like this, but I have faith that our American community can pull together a miracle for this strong family who needs our help right now. If we can get to the $20,000 goal, I’ll put in another $5,000 too.

Thanks and God bless."

And below is the reaction from Stanley Young, the single father with 8 kids-



"So many people just came out of nowhere and put out money and we were blown away. It’s been surprising how much they did within a couple of hours. That is so amazing to me. It’s overwhelming. He don’t have to do what he had to do. People, strangers I don’t even know, never met before in my life, are helping and that’s amazing."






As of yesterday, the contributions had accumulated to $50,000; that is $50k within 48 hours (the campaign kicked off on Thursday). Nas has decided to stretch the donations till Saturday. By then, the family would definitely have enough money for a modest house. It's always great when people can do things like this with their star power.