Game with firefighters!
Courtesy of the game/InstagramWhen the Palisades and Eaton fires broke out in Los Angeles on January 7, The game He knew he had to do something to help his hometown.
The 45-year-old rapper, who was born and raised in Compton, California, narrates exclusively Us Weekly He felt “compelled” to help firefighters as they battled the Los Angeles wildfires, which have claimed at least 27 lives and destroyed or damaged more than 12,300 structures, according to NBC News. In order to do this, he decided to postpone the release of his next album, Documentary 3from January 18 to February.
“I haven’t been able to release an album. Even in this interview, talking to you about the album seems selfish, doesn’t it?” The game says.
The Game was home with his family in the San Fernando Valley when the wildfires started in the Pacific Palisades area. The family had to evacuate and stay with a friend in the city, where they saw the devastation on the local news.
“I sat for a few hours and then said to myself: ‘I have to do something and I don’t know what to do.’ The game says: ‘I just went out into the streets.’” “I went to the Pacific Palisades fire. There were a bunch of cars on the streets, abandoned, and we couldn’t really get to them. I talked to some of the firefighters and asked them what they needed. I brought them some coffee. I knew it was going to be a long night. And then, I said to myself: “I have to do this on a bigger scale.”
The Game then made it his mission to help firefighters and displaced residents throughout the city. He and his friends brought tents, blankets, food, water and other essential items for firefighters battling the Eaton Fire. They woke up at 4 a.m. and stayed through the night to help firefighters in Altadena, a historically black neighborhood in Los Angeles that was hit hard.
“We saw the night shift coming back in the morning. “They were covered in soot and ash, and you could barely see their uniforms,” The Game explains. “When I was there and saw that, I felt compelled to stay there every day. It wasn’t anything we planned. We’ve been going around helping where we can. “I’m starting to get addicted to the feeling of relieving some of the stress that firefighters experience.”
In fact, the desire to help was so strong, that The Game postponed the release of his new album so he could focus on fire relief and helping the city of Los Angeles.
“I’m putting myself out there 100 percent to get Los Angeles and California and the cities within California back to calm before I do any kind of promotion or anything,” he says. “Just seeing the smile on people’s faces and the relief of getting some help is all I really need, at the end of the day.”
The game hopes that the forest fires, which are still burning in the Pacific and Altadena regions, will be completely contained soon. Until then, he plans to help in any way he can.
“I have a new respect and love for firefighters,” he says. “I want people to pay attention to the people who literally lost everything when their homes burned down. The people in the Altadena area, all these historically Black-owned businesses and homes that have been there for over 100 years. Let’s spread the love and distribute it evenly; make sure that as a city, we As a country, as a nation, we give everyone support and love and rebuild itself.
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