Rap star Cardi B partnered with The Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City to help pay for funeral and burial costs of the 17 people killed the in a high-rise building fire, the Mayor’s Fund announced on Wednesday.
Among other costs, the Grammy Award-winning artist will pay for repatriation expenses for some victims buried in The Gambia through the Mayor’s Fund’s Bronx Fire Relief Fund. Cardi B said that as a Bronx native, she felt compelled to do more to help the families devastated by the fire.
The Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City is the nonprofit arm of the mayor’s office, which collaborates with city agencies, institutional funders, and community-based organizations.
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