{"id":2447203,"date":"2019-08-06T02:50:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T08:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=867854"},"modified":"2019-08-06T02:50:19","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T08:50:19","slug":"khalid-announces-benefit-concert-to-help-el-paso-shooting-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/khalid-announces-benefit-concert-to-help-el-paso-shooting-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Khalid Announces Benefit Concert to Help El Paso Shooting Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Khalid<\/a> is in the process of planning a benefit concert for the families of the El Paso shooting victims. The rapper announced the concert, which will take place later this month, on Twitter in a series of emotional tweets about his hometown.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the past few days, my mind and heart have been heavy,\u201d wrote<\/a> Khalid, who was born in Georgia but moved to El Paso during high school and now calls the Texas city his home. \u201cHearing\/seeing an act of terrorism happen so close to home, my family, and my friends has been unbelievable and shocking. Singing \u2018915\u2019 and \u2018city of El Paso\u2019 on tour every night feels indescribable.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cOver the past few days, I\u2019ve been thinking of ways to help out and support the city. I\u2019m planning for a benefit concert later this month, all of the proceeds will go to the families affected by the shooting. Sending everyone my love and will keep you guys updated.\u201d He added, \u201cAlso, sending my love to Dayton, Ohio. America is hurting right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2018, El Paso Mayor Dee Margo presented Khalid<\/a> with the keys to El Paso in honor of the musician\u2019s connection with the city. His sophomore album, Free Spirit<\/em><\/a>, dropped earlier this year. No further details on the benefit concert have yet been announced.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, 22 people were killed during a mass shooting inside a Wal-Mart in El Paso. The event was one of three mass shootings in the U.S. within the span of a week.<\/p>\n

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\u2066@thegreatkhalid<\/a>\u2069 showing love to the city of El Paso tonight in DC. #915Forever<\/a> #ElPasoStrong<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/0trz1MFDGx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 John Andrade (@Andrade3rd) August 4, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Khalid is in the process of planning a benefit concert for the families of the El Paso shooting victims. The rapper announced the concert, which will take place later this month, on Twitter in a series of emotional tweets about his hometown. \u201cOver the past few days, my mind and heart have been heavy,\u201d wrote […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2447203","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-25 20:26:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2447203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2447203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2447203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2447203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}