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Atlanta rappers donate 1K laptops to kids at Labor Day event

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Published  September 1, 2024 10:42pm EDT
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FOX 5 Atlanta

First annual Southside at the Lake Celebration

It was a jam packed Labor Day weekend, and one event that was not only filled with fun, but also giving back to the community, was the Southside at the Lake Celebration. FOX 5's Joi Dukes has the story.

ATLANTA - The inaugural Southside at The Lake Labor Day celebration brought with a life-changing gift for hundreds of children.

Parents who showed up to the event put on by Atlanta rapper Yung Joc and others walked away with brand-new Chromebook laptops.

"I think it’s a big help because right now… I won’t say struggling, but God is just making ways," parent Latoya Miller said.

Joc, a Southside native, told FOX 5 the laptop giveaway, paid for by Quality Control Music CEO Pierre "P" Thomas and the Ludacris Foundation, broke records as the largest donation at one time with a total of 1,000 distributed.

Interview with Yung Joc, Ray Daniels and Torrey Tomlinson

Atlanta rapper and radio host Yung Joc, promoter and event planner Torrey Tomlinson and music executive Ray Daniels appeared on Good Day Atlanta to talk to Joanne Feldman about a special weekend event -- Southside Day at the Lake.

"I feel like we’re doing a good thing for the community, we came together to make it happen, and now it’s happening," he said.

The event also featured special guest appearances by big names, including Grammy award-winning producer Jermaine Dupri.

He said he hopes the youth will put those new laptops to good use.

"It’s a million things you could do with that laptop…all you gotta do is stay in the house and put it to work and do what you gotta do," Dupri told FOX 5.

There was music, food and activities for the kids at Lake Princeton on Sunday. The event also featured another surprise giveaway of land by the Acre Boyzz, a duo dedicated to educating Black Americans about land ownership.

"Most people are familiar with stocks, crypto, Forex, different things like that, but most people do not know how to monetize land and that’s why we’re bringing it to the community,"

It was a Sunday funday full of pride in being from Atlanta’s Southside. Joc and others say they look forward to bringing the event back next year.