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How Quavo Is Honoring His Late ‘Migos’ Bandmate and Cousin, Takeoff, in the Most Incredible Way · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. In November of twenty
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Speaker 1: twenty two, Quavo lost his nephew and migospan make Takeoff,
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Speaker 1: to a senseless act of gun violence in Houston, and
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Speaker 1: he'll be honoring Takeoff with a new grant that aims
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Speaker 1: to make a difference in their hometown of Atlanta through
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Speaker 1: his Rocket Foundation. The Spark Grant's initiative will award ten
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Speaker 1: different organizations ten thousand dollars each who aim to minimize
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Speaker 1: gun violence in his beloved hometown, and Quevo picked a
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Speaker 1: very specific date to hand out the grants June eighteenth,
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Speaker 1: Takeoff's birthday, which is also during National Gun Violence Awareness Month.
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Speaker 1: In a statement, Cuavo says, I'm honored to launch this
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Speaker 1: grant program to honor take and the countless families that
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Speaker 1: have been affected by gun violence. There is a lot
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Speaker 1: of important work going on in Atlanta right now, and
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Speaker 1: part of our mission is to uplift these organizations and
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Speaker 1: support them to help save more lives. You can get
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Speaker 1: more information at Rocket dash Foundation dot org that's direct
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Speaker 1: from Hollywood