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The Weeknd donates $500,000 to racial equality organisations and asks fans to “give what you can”

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The Toronto artist also called on the likes of Universal Music Group, Spotify and Apple Music to go "big and public" with their donations The Weeknd has donated $500,000 to a number of organisations that are committed to racial equality and asked his fans to “please give what you can” to similar important causes.

The Toronto artist’s big donations come in the wake of the mass protests which have been held across the US and the world over the past week following the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis last week (May 25).

Posting on Instagram late on Monday (June 1), The Weeknd shared a series of receipts of major donations that he has made to the Black Lives Matter Global Network ($200,000), Colin Kaepernick’s Know

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