Rapper Kodak Black offers to cover tuition costs for kids of 2 gunned-down Florida FBI agents
A presidentially pardoned rapper is paying it forward.
Kodak Black, who has scored two top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, is offering to pay the college tuition of two recently slain FBI agents, reported TMZ.
Agents Daniel Alfin and Laura Schwartzenberger were fatally shot Feb. 2 in Sunrise, Fla., while serving a search warrant, noted CNN.
The officials, who often worked child-pornography cases, “exemplified heroism today in defense of their country,” praised FBI Director Christopher Wray.
The 36-year-old Alfin left behind a 3-year-old while Schwartzenberger, 43, had two kids, ages 9 and 4.
Black reportedly reached out to the FBI to cover the future educational costs of the three children because he “knows what it’s like to lose loved ones and grow up in a single-parent home, and he wants to make sure the mourning families don’t ever have to worry about sending their kids to college,” according to TMZ.
Born Dieuson Octave, the 23-year-old musician was in federal prison for a firearms possession conviction before receiving the surprise commutation by former President Donald Trump only hours before his presidency concluded.
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“I want to thank (Trump) for his commitment to justice reform and shortening my sentence,” tweeted Black on Jan 20. “I also want to thank everyone for their support and love. It means more than you will ever know. I want to continue giving back, learning and growing.”
Black first cracked the top 10 in 2017 with “Tunnel Vision.” The following year, his single “Zeze” peaked at No. 2.
