T.I., Fat Joe, Slim Thug, Paul Wall, Young Jeezy Headline Free Concert

Friday, August 26, 2005
By: brooklyniteOne

Boost Mobile Rock Corps

5,000 Boost Mobile RockCorps Volunteers will Attend Free Concert at Radio City Music Hall on September 24 as Reward for Contributing Four Hours of Community Service. The concert will be headlined by T.I., Fat Joe, Slim Thug, Paul Wall, Young Jeezy and other Hip-Hop artists.

“Boost Mobile RockCorps is providing the chance and motivation to get our youth interested in volunteering,” said Fat Joe . “I usually hear about older people volunteering, but this movement is something new that is encouraging the youth to become involved. It's really a chance for them to come together through caring more about their community, which is so important for these kids to learn early on. I think it's crucial to instill a sense of pride in the community and this is a great way for our youth to do that.”

This summer Boost Mobile RockCorps challenged the notion of America’s so-called “age of declining volunteerism” and young people around the nation answered the call. As a reward for their efforts, and celebration of the youth volunteerism movement, Boost Mobile RockCorps is hosting a FREE concert with top-selling artists T.I. and Fat Joe, and hip-hop newcomers Young Jeezy, Slim Thug, Paul Wall and more. The landmark event, produced exclusively for the 5,000 volunteers who contributed four hours of volunteer service at one of 50 Boost Mobile RockCorps projects, will be held at Radio City Music Hall on Saturday, September 24.

Partnering with non-profit agencies to organize volunteer projects in major metropolitan areas around the U.S., Boost Mobile RockCorps launched June 25 in Los Angeles and has affected positive change in Atlanta, Chicago, Minneapolis and Washington, D.C. throughout the summer. The movement culminates in New York this month as numerous projects are taking place in the New York City-area over the next four weeks, giving young people the opportunity to connect with the volunteer movement. In exchange for contributing four hours of community service work, Boost Mobile RockCorps volunteers earn tickets to the Radio City Music Hall event.

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