Trae the Truth performs at the Rolling Loud showcase during the 2022 SXSW Conference and Festival - Day 9 at Stubb's Bar-B-Q on March 19, 2022 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)
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Trae The Truth Explains Turning Down White House Invitation

Trae The Truth Explains Turning Down White House Invitation

Rock The Bells Staff

Published Mon, May 30, 2022 at 12:00 AM EDT

With all of the tragedies around the country, Trae The Truth wanted to be committed to the people and to victims of violence. He received an invite to the White House from President Joe Biden in honor of his philanthropical endeavors. But Trae felt he was needed elsewhere.

On Wednesday, (May 25), the Houston rap legend explained that he'd declined the invitation.

“I was invited to the White House today to meet with the President with the families of those who have wrongfully been murdered by police,” he wrote on Instagram. “But the people of Buffalo NY are really in need as well as the families of the children murdered in Uvalde… so I will have to pass, I will be in the field with the people in need.”

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Trae announced a food giveaway in Buffalo, which was also held on Wednesday, providing groceries, hot food and supplies. “It’s A Lot Of People Traumatized Its Alot Of People In Need And Also Scared To Come Out After The Shooting, Its Also Hard For Families In That Area To Get Out to get Food and other needs… Please SPREAD THE WORD TO THOSE WHO NEED IT,” Trae captioned an IG post about the announcement.

Trae was honored back in November with President Joe Biden’s Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes Americans who give more than 4,000 hours of extraordinary service to their communities and beyond.

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