Hip-hop artist J. Cole has pledged $10,000 to Baltimore grassroots organization Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle as part of NFL player Colin Kaepernick’s Million Dollar Pledge to charity.

Kaepernick, a free agent who formerly played for the San Francisco 49ers and became known for his national anthem protests, announced Cole’s donation on social media Friday as part of his “#10for10” challenge. His friends and other notable individuals are donating $10,000 or more to underserved communities — a reboot of an initiative Kaepernick launched as part of his recently completed pledge to donate $1 million to charity.

Adam Jackson, CEO and co-founder of the LBS, said he found out about Cole’s donation Friday after he received an Instagram from Kaepernick, who had donated $25,000 to the organization in 2017.

“I completely freaked out. I was like ‘What?!’,” said Jackson, who started the organization in 2010 in attempts to change political discourse through education, advocacy and community organizing.

— Brittany Britto