It’s been ten days since hurricane Maria severely devastated the island of Puerto Rico as a category 4 storm, killing 16 people. Ever since then, there has been a major outcry for help, as the 3.4 million people there scrape for much needed supplies and now they’re also running out of food. They are expected to be without electricity for months and many are on the street, with no place to go after losing their homes to the flood.

There are also very limited shelter facilities there and without the resources and lack of communication due to damaged phone towers and such, it has been difficult for them to reach out to family in other parts of the United States.

Trump has been getting hammered for pretty much ignoring the plight of the people in Puerto Rico, sending no help to the island. Many have accused him of possibly not even realizing that Puerto Rico is part of the United States, after he took jabs at the island’s finances after the storm.

Here’s How Fat Joe & Kevin Hart Are Helping

Now celebrities have been stepping up to do what Trump clearly is not and that is, dedicate their money and time to the people of Puerto Rico.

Two of those celebs are Kevin Hart and rapper, Fat Joe, who is Puerto Rican. The two teamed up to announce a donation center where people can send much needed supplies to be shipped to the island. Hart also announced that he is donating $50K to the island.

Fat Joe urged everyone to to donate anything they can to Puerto Rico:

“If you’re from out of town go to tidal.com/puertorico. Donate a dollar five dollars, ten dollars whatever you can. … We rally need your help, my people are out there we’re in desperate need.”

Watch Kevin Hart’s & Fat Joe’s Hurricane Maria Announcement:

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This is Hart’s second time in recent months, donating a large sum of money to hurricane relief efforts. He made headlines soon after hurricane Harvey devastated Texas, by donating $25K and creating the $25K challenge for his fellow celebs to follow.

Of course many people on social media are accusing Hart of trying to play ‘good samaritan’ to deflect the public from his sex tape extortion. That may or may not be true, but the great thing is that the brotha is still donating something.

Jennifer Lopez’s $1 MILLION Donation

Prior to Hart and Fat Joe doing their part for Puerto Rico, Jennifer Lopez has been very upset about the lack of assistance her fellow Puerto Ricans are getting from the government. She dedicated a whopping $1 MILLION to hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico, after seeing that so little help had arrived. We salute J.Lo for being so generous to the people of Puerto Rico. Good deeds never go unnoticed. By the way, other celebs, including Jay Z, Beyonce,’ Pitbull, Marc Anthony, and more are also donating to hurricane survivors of Puerto Rico.

Where Else To Donate

You can also visit charity watchdog website, charitynavigator.org, to help find other reputable charities to donate to hurricane relief in Puerto Rico.

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Many heavyweight celebs, such as Stevie Wonder, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks, Charlie Wilson, Usher, Will Smith, Beyonce’, Cher, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Fox, Robert Dinero, Gail King, Lupita Nyong’o, Billy Crystal, Keri Washington, Bruce Willis, DJ Khaled, Julia Roberts, Nicki Minaj, P. Diddy, Tom Hanks, and many more gathered underneath one roof (or via video telecast) to take calls and raise money for hurricane survivors from Irma and Harvey.

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Stevie Wonder kicked off the telethon with a much needed wake up call to Donald Trump’s opinion of global warming being a “hoax.” As many of us know, Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Change Agreement- a historical pact of 200 countries (which Obama initially decided to have the U.S. join in 2015) that required each country to significantly invest in practices that will greatly reduce the warming of the planet. The current catastrophic weather disasters are what most scientists say are the results of global warming and will continue to get worse if the countries do not take steps to curve it.

Stevie Wonder Speaks Truth

That’s where Stevie Wonder’s telethon speech comes into play. You see, one thing we have always respected about Stevie, is that he’s always lived by a quote he once said: “Just because a man lacks use of his eyes, doesn’t mean he lacks vision.” That vision has made him unafraid to speak truth whenever he feels the world needs to hear it. Last night was his opportunity to do just that as he opened up the telethon to perform “Lean On Me.” Just before starting the song, a solemn Stevie said this:

“When love goes into action, it preferences no color of skin, no ethnicities, no religious beliefs, no sexual preferences and no political persuasions, it just loves. As we should began to love and value our planet and ANYONE who believes that there’s no such thing as global warming, must be blind or unintelligent.”

Watch the full clip of Stevie’s performance below…

The first, and hopefully not the last, call to action on climate change at tonight's #HandInHand telethon. pic.twitter.com/LeGpBfESuQ

— Matt Wilstein (@mattwilstein) September 13, 2017

Experts say that both hurricanes, which have mainly devastated major cities in Texas, Florida, South Carolina and some parts of Georgia, could cost between $150 billion and $290 billion.

Within the first hour of the telethon, many gracious citizens had already called in to donate $14 million and counting. The telethon continued through the night and as we mentioned earlier, raised $44 million. Check out some of the other celebs who helped answer phone lines and/or spoke, or performed at the live fundraiser below…

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