Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy has revealed a portion of his royalties will be donated to local charity I Grow Chicago.Tweedy pledged five per cent of his royalties to social justice organisations following the global Black Lives Matter protests in June last year in response to the police killing of George Floyd.According to its website, I Grow Chicago’s aim is to grow the neighbourhood of Englewood “from surviving to thriving through community connection, skill building, and opportunity”.In a new interview with CBS This Morning, Tweedy said he picked the charity because “their mission statement quotes Cornel West saying, ‘Justice is what love looks like in public.’ That’s something we believe very deeply in our family”.#GRAMMYs winner @JeffTweedy.
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