Rhymefest took to Instagram on Friday to announce that he has purchased Kanye West’s childhood home and will be turning it into a new location for the Donda’s House Program.
Created in honor of Donda West, Ye’s late mother, Donda’s House program was launched in 2013 to provide training and education in the arts to the children of Chicago.
Rhymefest wrote, “I’m excited to announce the purchase of Kanye’s childhood home as a community Arts incubator. It will be the first of our Nationwide Lite-Houses. A state of the art recording studio, a curriculum space for @dondashouse and southside music museam. We want to show bright spots in communities thatve been divested from, we know more Lights exist here, they just need to be activated.”
Donda’s House teaching philosophy are based on Dr. West’s own ideas. She believed that the arts improved “a child’s analytical and creative capacity.” The program also seeks to provide a “safe and creative environment that inspires, empowers, challenges and produces tomorrow’s problem solvers.”
You can read all about Donda’s House Program here and donate through Rhymefest’s link here.
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