Hundreds of East Bay students are feeling prepared for the new school year after getting all of their school supplies for free at a giveaway hosted by rapper and activist Mistah F.A.B.
It was the 20th anniversary of the backpack giveaway event in Oakland , taking place in the neighborhood where Mistah F.A.B. grew up. "I didn’t have too many positive images growing up. Like I say, on that same walk to the store I saw gangsters, I saw thugs, I saw drug dealers, I saw pimps. That’s what I saw," said Mistah F.A.B. "I idolized the dudes that was on the corner because they had the cars, the jewelry, the girls, they had everything.
"So you’ll see that there’s a lot of black and brown children in the books and also really powerful stories, what we think would be of high interest to kids and really thinking about diversity and inclusion and lifting up all the beauty in our community."Oakland native Damian Lillard also donated hundreds of Adidas backpacks. And Shoe Palace, which started in the Bay Area, gave 500 pairs of shoes. The line to get all of these supplies was wrapped around the block.
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