Popular American rapper, Kanye West, has donated $2 million to support the grieving families of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbrery, and Breonna Taylor.

The 42-year-old rapper, amid the ongoing protests over George Floyd’s death, also set up a college fund to cover the tuition for Floyd’s six-year-old daughter, Gianna Floyd.

A representative of the rapper confirmed his contribution to CNN.

He added that Kanye has also offered to cover the legal fees for the families of Arbery and Taylor.

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The killing of Floyd by a police officer led to the #Black Lives Matter movement and protests demanding an end to police brutality and justice for George Floyd and the deaths of other African-Americans.

On Thursday, the Minnesota Attorney General, Keith Ellison yielded to calls and increased the charges against a former Minneapolis police officer who was involved in the killing of an African-American man, George Floyd in the US to second-degree murder.

The white police officer, Derek Chauvin, who was seen in the viral video with his knee on Floyd’s neck, was earlier charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter which protesters complained were not harsh enough for the crime.

The three other ex-officers involved in the killing, Tou Thao, Thomas Lane, and J. Alexander Kueng were also charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder.