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The Weeknd Continues His String of Major Charitable Giving With Major Donation to Victims of Beirut Explosion - Billboard
Aug 13, 2020 1 min, 24 secs

The Weeknd continued his recent spate of major charitable giving with a $300,000 donation to the victims of the recent explosion in Beirut.

The singer's manager, Wassim "Sal" Slaiby, announced on Wednesday (Aug. 12) that Abel has pledged to donate $300,000 to the Global Aid for Lebanon campaign to help the Lebanese city emerge from the devastation of the Aug.

"I am so honored and humbled to work with artist’s who have such deep care for the world and right now for our brothers & sisters of Lebanon who are in pain and need our collective help.  I want to thank my brother @theweeknd for his generous and class act of donating $300,000 to the Global Aid for Lebanon campaign," wrote Slaiby on Instagram, also calling out Live nation CEO Michael Rapino for adding in a $50,000 donation.

The donation is just the latest major check The Weeknd has written to benefit a charitable cause. On June 1, he pledged $500,000 in donations split between Black Lives Matter Global Network, Colin Kaepernick's Know Your Rights Camp and National Bail Out.

"Keep supporting our brothers and sisters out there risking everything to push for actual change for our black lives," he captioned an  Instagram slideshow announcing the donation.

I am so honored and humbled to work with artist’s who have such deep care for the world and right now for our brothers & sisters of Lebanon who are in pain and need our collective help.  I want to thank my brother @theweeknd for his generous and class act of donating $300,000 to the Global Aid for Lebanon campaign.

Also, I want to give a special thank you to Michael Rapino @michaelrapino and my Live Nation family for $50,000 donation

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