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Kanye West joins protest in Chicago after $2M donation to Floyd, Arbery and Taylor families - AOL
Jun 05, 2020 49 secs

Hours after the rapper's rep confirmed his $2 million donation to the families of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, West was spotted hitting the streets with a crowd of demonstrators in Chicago, Illinois. .

Arbery, an unarmed 25-year-old black man, was shot and killed by armed white residents on Feb.

Taylor, meanwhile, was a 26-year-old black woman who was fatally shot by police in her Louisville, Kentucky, home on March 13.

West sported a black hoodie and black mask as he gathered with protestors in his hometown and chanted for justice alongside them.

On Thursday, the day of Floyd's memorial in Minnesota, West's rep confirmed to ET that he had donated $2 million in total contributions to support the Floyd, Arbery and Taylor families and the legal defense for Arbery and Taylor

Furthermore, the father of four has made donations to several black-owned businesses in crisis in his home state of Illinois and nationwide, amid the ongoing protests and Black Lives Matter movement, his rep told ET. 

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