Master P is “Tryin 2 Do Something” for his community during the coronavirus pandemic.
The record producer, whose real name is Percy Robert Miller, is offering cleaning services for New Orleans’ senior citizens through his cleaning company, Master Clean Life, reports WBRZ. The company, which sells sanitization products, will deep clean the homes of people aged 60 and older throughout the community.
Anyone who meets the age requirement just has to sign up on the company’s website and show identification at the time of service. Seniors will also be gifted two bottles of Master Clean Life hand sanitizer, reports TMZ.
“My thing is, a lot of people forget about the elderly and a lot of the elderly is the one’s hit hard. We’re losing a lot of the elderly in the community,” he told TMZ. “My thing is making sure we go out and get them groceries, making sure we make monetary donations to them. We just care about people in the community because we don’t want to lose no more lives. We’re trying to do everything we can.”
The rapper’s foundation, Team Hope NOLA has also purchased and delivered groceries to the elderly, NewsOne reported.
“The more we make, the more we give,” he said in an Instagram caption. “Through these uncertain times, we really wanted to help our elderly get through this. Many of the seniors are not able to get to the stores, they are running out of groceries and resources are low. We just want to do what we can to help them. They took care of us, now it’s our turn to take care of them.”
People 65 and older are at higher risk of becoming seriously ill if they contract COVID-19, more so because many seniors have underlying health conditions. New Orleans has confirmed 5,718 cases of the coronavirus in the city, according to WDSU.
Master P joins a long list of Black celebrities putting effort and money into coronavirus relief, as Blavity previously reported.
Rihanna has donated upwards of $7 million to a number of organizations through her Clara Lionel Foundation, including Feeding America, International Rescue Committee, the Mayor’s Fund of Los Angeles for domestic violence victims, Partners in Health and more.
Stephen and Ayesha Curry have provided meals to students while schools are closed due to the outbreak. Tyler Perry catered to a demographic similar to Master P when he paid for the groceries of thousands of people across Louisiana and Georgia during the shopping hours for senior citizens and other high-risk individuals.
"What I'm hoping is that by paying for the groceries for these people who are just like my mother, my aunt, come from where I come from, so I'm hoping that other people will join in," he told Gayle King during an interview on CBS This Morning.
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