LL Cool J, French Montana and WorldStar Hip Hop Get 1,500 Kids Back to School Ready

LL COOL J and FRENCH MONTANA JOIN WORLDSTAR HIP HOP in GETTING KIDS SET FOR SCHOOL at its SECOND ANNUAL BACK TO SCHOOL GIVE AWAY

 

NEW YORK, NY (August 27, 2014) – On Sunday, August 24th, 2x Grammy award winner and film and TV star LL Cool J joined internet entrepreneur, philanthropist and Worldstar Hip Hop CEO, Lee “Q” O’Denat in helping 1,500 Queens, NY area K-12 students prepare for the upcoming school year at the Worldstar Foundation’s Second Annual Back to School Giveaway event.

Queens natives LL Cool J and Worldstar Hip Hop CEO Lee “Q” O’Denat returned to their hometown borough to get Queens, NY kids set for the school year.

 

Both natives of Hollis, Queens, LL Cool J joined Q and the Worldstar Foundation team at the historic Jamaica Colosseum Mall in Jamaica, Queens where children and families stood in wrap around the block lines to receive fully equipped backpacks. Once backpacks were received kids continued along the line where Q, LL Cool J and a host of Worldstar staff and volunteers filled each bag assembly-line style with brand new school supplies and essentials including notebooks, binders, folders, loose leaf paper, glue sticks and a pencil case filled with crayons, pencils, pens, erasers and a pencil sharpener. Joining in on the day of giving rapper French Montana jumped on the line where he helped pack hundreds of bags for the remainder of the event.

Rapper French Montana packed hundreds of backpacks at the Worldstar Foundation’s 2nd Annual Back to School Giveaway event.

 

In addition to distributing fully-stocked backpacks, Q held a free raffle at the end of the event where three students won Kindle Fire’s and two won $100.00 Amazon gift cards.

Five lucky students stand with the Worldstar Foundation’s Lee “Q” O’Denat after winning premium raffle prizes at the event.

 

Video: Check Out the NY 1 News Report on the Giveaway event

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Photos Courtesy: Shareif Ziyadat

Children and families were on line for blocks at the Worldstar Foundation’s Back to School Giveaway event The assembly-line style table was set to pack 1,500 backpacks at Worldstar’s Back to School Giveaway event.

 

LL Cool J dilligently worked the backpack filling line for hours with a smile.

Kids were all smiles at the Worldstar Foundation’s Back to School Giveaway event

 

French Montana took a moment to sign an autograph on a fan’s new notebook in between packing bookbags.

LL Cool J brought a smile to these three happy fans at the event.

 

The Worldstar Foundation’s truck unloaded 10,000 units of school supplies over the course of the day to fill backpacks with everything students will need for the start of the school year. One enthusiastic kid spoke with Fuse TV about all the new school supplies he received at the event

Worldstar CEO Lee “Q” O’Denat gives words of encouragement to the massive crowd of children and families. Worldstar CEO Lee “Q” O’Denat with publicist and J Sharpe Agency PR CEO Jennifer A. Williams

 

For up to date information on WorldStar Hip Hop or the WorldStar Foundation, please visit www.worldstarhiphop.com. FollowWorldStar on Twitter @worldstarhiphop.  About WorldStar HipHop: WorldStar Hip Hop is a leading video platform worldwide specializing in curated, entertainment programming. Founded by digital media entrepreneur Lee “Q” O’Denat, the popular online destination and aggregator offers uniquely curated entertainment programming as well as originally created user-submitted content to over 30 million unique visitors a month while generating 500 million monthly page views. In addition WSHH has successfully launched off-site brand extensions including WorldStar Clothing, A forthcoming series in partnership with Adult Swim TV and WorldStar Films and the 2014 WorldStar Comedy Series tour among others. www.worldstarhiphop.com