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Christmas came a little early over the weekend when Lil Baby and Lil Yachty hosted a holiday toy drive in Atlanta. The pair teamed up through their respective charities, the Jones Project and the Lil Yachty Foundation, to distribute winter coats, gift cards and toys to more than 2,000 local youth at the event.
In an Instagram recap video cued to Lil Baby’s “Middle of the Summer,” a long line of kids and families can be seen cueing up outside a warehouse on Atlanta’s West End to enter the festively decorated space, where members of the Atlanta Hawks cheer team greeted them as they shopped for items including new bicycles, Instamatic cameras, video gaming gear, big screen TVs, laptops, Nerf guns and a variety of toys for little kids. There was also a candy bar with cheery attendants filling plastic bags with all kinds of goodies, a photo op with Santa and a hot chocolate bar.
Near the end of the clip, Baby rolls up in his black car and greets some of his fans as he makes his way inside to take selfies and wait in line for his own family photo op with Santa. According to the Atlanta Voice, other items up for offer included gift cards, Canada Goose winter coats, more than 800 tech fleece Nike sweatsuits and hats from Lids.
The giveaway came just days after Lil Baby landed his fifth consecutive No. 1 on Billboard‘s Top Rap Albums chart as The Leaks — which was released on Dec. 3 to honor the rapper’s 31st birthday — jumped from No. 25 to hit the top of the list dated Dec. 20.
