While people across the country are taking shelter in their homes and stocking up on hand sanitizer and handsoap, the homeless in this country are faced with no adequate shelter or any adequate way of sanitization, making themselves more susceptible to catching the virus.

Rapper Lecrae has taken it upon himself to help the homeless in Atlanta. The Christian rapper has partnered up with the non-profit organization Love Beyond Walls in an effort to provide better hygiene to Atlanta’s homeless by installing portable handwashing stations across the city.

The installations began on Thursday (March 19) and each station holds five gallons of water and has a soap dispenser connected to it.

In a statement to Channel 2 News in Atlanta, Lecrae stated that “When the pandemic hit, I thought, ‘What is the homeless community doing about these warnings. We spent a good amount of time putting them around Hurt Park. It’s a major city and in a major city, like this, it speaks very loud. The love is loud, appreciation is loud, but the problems are loud as well. The city has shown me so much love, so I wanted to be sure to show it back.”

As well as setting up handwashing stations across the city, Lecrae handed out food to the homeless as well.

“It’s a major city and in a major city, like this, it speaks very loud. The love is loud, appreciation is loud, but the problems are loud as well,” Lecrae said. “The city has shown me so much love, so I wanted to be sure to show it back.”

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Lecrae is the latest artist selected for the NFL Song of the Season series, a campaign launched by the NFL Inspire Change initiative. The hip-hop artist’s “Get Back Right” is the third song selected for the program.

“Get back Right” can be found on his Let the Trap Say Amen album, which he worked on in collaboration with Atlanta super producer Zaytoven. The song will be heard throughout the playoffs and broadcast on several telecasts.

“Throughout my entire career, I have always hoped that my music would inspire and uplift,” Lecrae said. “It is an amazing honor to partner with the NFL and its Inspire Change initiative to combine our platforms to change the communities we call home.”

Songs of the Season highlighted stars and emerging artists of all genres throughout the season. The songs are released on digital streaming providers and all revenue generated from Songs of the Season goes toward the Inspire Change grant recipients selected as a part of the NFL’s social justice initiative.

“The ‘Songs of the Season’ initiative is just one of the ways we shine a light on the great work NFL players and clubs continue to do as it relates to social justice,” said ANNA ISAACSON, NFL Senior Vice President of Social Responsibility. “An award-winning musician and adamant social justice supporter such as Lecrae is a perfect pairing for ‘Songs of the Season’ and will help amplify the great work being done in our communities.”

Lecrae is currently at work on his ninth studio album, Restoration, and writing a new book I Am Restored.

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