The lights may be “Blinding,” but The Weeknd’s heart is clear: he’s stepping up to help the fam in Jamaica after the island got absolutely leveled. The superstar didn’t just tweet about the disaster—he threw down $350,000 from his XO Humanitarian Fund to support the World Food Programme’s emergency response. That is a serious, seven-figure flex of global compassion.
This isn’t just a minor crisis. Last month, Hurricane Melissa slammed the Caribbean as a catastrophic Category 5—literally dubbed “The Storm of the Century.” We’re talking 185 MPH winds, ripping up the island and forcing officials to declare the whole place a disaster zone. The damage is deep, leaving communities starving for the basics.
So what does that $350K do? The WFP says The Weeknd’s donation is critical: it will help get essential food kits—we’re talking rice, lentils, canned fish, and oil—into the hands of a staggering 200,000 Jamaicans who are now trying to rebuild their lives.
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