Rapper makes huge donation to school
Rapper Master P, who built his fortune on gangsta rap, has stepped foward to save a
dying Catholic grade school with a $500,000 donation to the school and two nearby churches.
When Master P went to St. Monica Elementary, he was known as Percy Miller. The church
decided to close it and transfer the 125 students because of declining enrollment which has
left the church to pay a $40,000 subsidy annually.
Master P, 28, grew up in a nearby housing project, went on to become a rap star and now
his company, No Limit, is the highest-grossing independent rap label in the nation.
The donation, made earlier this month, provoked days of discussion among church officials
who wondered whether to accept the money, given the raw language and violent content of some rap
music.
"To me, rap music is a job," Master P said. "I talk about stuff that happens in the community.
Some of it is good, some of it is bad. I just paint the picture like a movie, from beginning to end.
"Even if I was still doing rap solo projects, that shouldn't even matter. If somebody steps up to
help make a way out for these kids, then that's something that the world should look at and say, 'You
know what? He did a good thing.'"
