Bronx-born hip-hop star Cardi B will pay the funeral costs for the 17 victims of the January 9th blaze in a high-rise apartment, including repatriation costs for victims whose remains would be sent for burial to The Gambia.
Cardi B performing at Warm Up, August 12, 2017.Bronx-born Hip-hop star Cardi B will pay the funeral costs for the 17 victims of the Jan. 9 blaze in a high-rise apartment that left others in critical condition and some without homes.
which had been collecting donations for affected families in a press release Wednesday. The fund had already raised more than $2.5 million, according to the mayor’s office.ranged in age from two-years-old to 50 and included parents and children, college and middle school students, and healthcare and fast food workers.
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