Rapper Shawty Lo is stepping from behind the mic to show his support to a diabetes charity, in an effort to raise awareness about the disease in the African-American and Latino communities. The Bankhead rapper, real name Carlos Walker, will participate in the American Diabetes Association's Step Out and Walk to Fight Diabetes (largest fundraising) event on Saturday, September 20 at Atlanta's Historic Grant Park.
Lo was diagnosed with the widespread condition in 2001. To stay on top of the ailment, the rapper will lead team Diabetes Destoyers as they complete the walk to help raise funds for a cure for diabetes, which affects 23.6 million childeren and adults in the United States, according to AllHipHop.com.
"Anything I can do to help raise awareness about diabetes, I will be there. "Everybody knows at least one person that has it, so it's like when we participate in events, walks and things of that nature, we're really helping somebody we care about, as well as ourselves because you never know when or how it can affect you."
On-site registration for the Atlanta Step Out and Walk event will open at 7:00 a.m., during which a light breakfast will be served.
Following an aerobic warm-up, the walk itself will start with an official ribbon cutting ceremony at 8:30 a.m.
No comments:
Post a Comment