Quavo‘s taking his gun violence plight straight to the White Home … the place he met with Vice President Kamala Harris for a sit-down on the hot-button, and really private, challenge.
The megastar rapper was joined by his mom and sister Titania Davenport, mom to the late Takeoff, for the assembly at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
We’re instructed Quavo expressed his need for Congress to go the Break the Cycle of Violence Act, which is able to allow gun violence to be handled as a public well being threat … akin to substance abuse and despair.
He additionally shared his private tales, urging the Veep to help their mission to the fullest extent of her energy.
The Vice Prez thanked the household publicly on her IG for utilizing their platform to not solely honor Takeoff, but additionally to unfold gun violence prevention consciousness.
His just lately launched Rocket Basis was created to impression gun legal guidelines on each the state and federal ranges, and Quavo particularly got here to D.C. to safe stronger political backing … particularly in underserved areas.
Earlier within the day, Quavo met with numerous Representatives from the Congressional Black Caucus to push the coverage and concluded the day with neighborhood chief Greg Jackson … as they cohosted a reception for lawmakers and gun violence prevention advocates to debate higher options.
Quavo firmly thinks gun violence is preventable, and says he got here to D.C. aiming to construct safer communities.
It is an uphill battle, little question, however it’s additionally a begin.